Well, what I (and the others commenting in this post) are responding to is that the secret is presented (and how I usually hear the argument) as "I slash m/m because I think the girl deserves better than what she was given."
braking it down, you have:
1) I object to this het pairing.
(Us: OK)
2) I think she deserves better.
(Us: OK)
3) My response is to find an alternative pairing.
(Us: OK)
4) Therefore, I will ship the one who I think isn't appreciative enough/good enough/etc. with someone else.
(Us: Wait! What?)
The way it comes across as presented is that there has to be a pairing, and it's the male who gets to have the pairing. (And yes, most seem to approach shipping as the romance/sex being their character's "reward"..."I like you so you should get to have sex with the hot one/lead"...it's part of why I don't like fanon shipping in the first place.)
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Date: 2008-06-18 07:32 pm (UTC)braking it down, you have:
1) I object to this het pairing.
(Us: OK)
2) I think she deserves better.
(Us: OK)
3) My response is to find an alternative pairing.
(Us: OK)
4) Therefore, I will ship the one who I think isn't appreciative enough/good enough/etc. with someone else.
(Us: Wait! What?)
The way it comes across as presented is that there has to be a pairing, and it's the male who gets to have the pairing. (And yes, most seem to approach shipping as the romance/sex being their character's "reward"..."I like you so you should get to have sex with the hot one/lead"...it's part of why I don't like fanon shipping in the first place.)