#which i think bothers me less with gj because they're literally the only adults

[jennycalendar]

sometimes venturing into fic for a more popular fandom makes me realize that i have really been spoiled by giles/jenny, where the comparative rarity of the pairing means that the majority of people who write for them will really think about it, and i personally have done such careful study of all the available fic that i know which ones are good and have a little library card catalogue in my head. whenever i go into anything that has an actual wealth of fic for me to choose from and is being updated frequently, i very often end up eye-rolling so hard they're gonna get stuck like that & closing a whole bunch of tabs because He Simply Would Not Fucking Say That.

#musings #also just like -- this very isolated view of romance? don't like it #this idea that the other person has to be Your Most Important Person #at the expense of the larger community the two of you are a part of #which i think bothers me less with gj because they're literally the only adults #and almost all of the time there's this existing understanding that the kids are SUPER IMPORTANT to giles #so it never becomes a problem in fic anyway! #but i LOVE love stories that incorporate community #and almost all of my ships are Like That #so to see fics where the characters in the background are reduced to stock roles in a romcom? #don't like it. not a fan. hate it so much actually #ANYWAY that's today's dose of salt i think <3 love and light to calendiles tumblr #who once again Would Not Fucking Do This