Just needed to rant. It's ridiculous and I'm extremely bitchy today. Sorry...

[wolfishxwillow]

It's always interesting to track the kink memes. You get to know how many people out there have kinks as weird as your own and that's pretty awesome, if at times I wish I could unsee some of them. But it's always my own fault for looking, I get that.

But you also get to keep up with all the ~drama~. People are totally freaking out because someone reposted a prompt with the roles reversed and the OP thought it was "rude" as well as a few others. Here's what I find funny/aggravating:

The person switched the roles from bottom!Jensen to bottom!Jared. And the OP is angry because if they'd "wanted Jensen on top, I would have prompted it".

But I've seen prompts get reposted with the roles reversed all the time, and had nobody comment. You know what I've noticed about those prompts? They're bottom!Jared getting switched to bottom!Jensen. I've seen that happen multiple times, since I've been tracking these comms since I found out about them. And I've never seen them freak out over the bottom!Jared stuff getting switched to bottom!Jensen.

This obviously isn't actually the reason the OP is pissed and I know that. I'm just bitchy and moody and still miffed about someone commenting on a post with "it's not like bottom!Sam/Jared is a rarity" when only about 20% of this year's BB fics were bottom!Jared/Sam. So, yeah. In a ~mood~.

I'm really, really sorry for this stupid, ridiculous whining post. It didn't have much point beyond me wanting to just scream at all the stupid I've witnessed this past week.

Comments

[yvonnegos.livejournal.com]

Yup, I agree. And I know Jensen is the softer, more feminine looking of the two, but for some reason, *I* see him as butch and macho. Even though I'm a Jared/Sam girl, it's when JENSEN/DEAN is written badly that irks me. XD Usually, when he's the bottom, he's all submissive and whiny, and just...*shudders* I don't like seeing him that way. JARED seems the most vulnerable to me, which is why I like him as the bottom. Cuz usually when HE'S the bottom, he still keeps his mature, sexy side of him, cuz..seeing HIM as submissive and girly? *snickers* ;P Anyway, that's how I see it. ;D

[wolfish-willow.livejournal.com]

I see Jensen as butch and macho, too! Like, I seriously never thought people would ever call him pretty until I found fandom and realized everyone liked putting him in the girl's role.

And I'm the same way. The reason I can't stand a lot of bottom!Jensen/Dean fics is because they act so OOC. It's okay in an AU because then the character can be whoever/however you want them to be. But I, personally, cannot read Dean when he's teary-eyed and submissive and made into someone completely the opposite of who his character is. And I've always seen Jensen as a top just because that's the personality I see from him. Even my best friend, who doesn't read slash at all or really get the whole "slashing" thing told me "Jared wouldn't be all toppy. He's such a sweet puppy". And she didn't mean that he couldn't top at all, just that he wouldn't be this huge jerk.

And yeah. He's usually kept fairly well in character with the right writers, which is a lot more enjoyable to read than when he's the top and OOC.

[yvonnegos.livejournal.com]

YEAH! That's another reason I don't like top!Sam/Jared, cuz you're absolutely right, he's way to sweet and cute to be all demanding and possessive and dominating and all that crap. Yup, yup, yup, couldn't agree more.