#29 – Lay, Lie, or Laine?

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Lately the only fic ideas in my head involve players cheating on WAGs with teammates. But I'm not even sure *I* am comfortable with putting that on the internet, even archive-locked, and I know fandom's generally not fond of putting non-famous WAGs in fic, especially as anything other than poly-supportive angels. I'm not sure if I should just write it as drawer fic, post under a sock, or actively try to make my brain want ANYTHING else.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I have actually been kind of wanting this lately, too, which is super unlike me. I think I'd just make the wives/girlfriends fictional, though - I don't really like writing non-famous people anyway.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Yeah, as a general rule, I'm more comfortable when IRL, non-famous family and friends are replaced by OCs when they play a significant role. But fics that don't go down that route get a scroll from me, not flames.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

You make a good point. I don't mind writing non-famous people in some contexts (I imprinted on Brioux in this fandom, where the non-famous kids are half the point of the ship), but this is obviously a different kind of story.. But I could probably change the names of the WAGs at the very least, while still exploring infidelity/lying/internalized homophobia/etc. as themes. Hmm.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

NA

For what it's worth, I hope you do! I think those are topics that would be great to explore in fic, and I'm always disappointed and surprised that they're not more prevalent.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

NA

Seconded wholeheartedly.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Do what makes you comfortable, but I honestly don't think there'd be any significant backlash if you did decide to publish it under a sock. There's definitely been infidelity fics before (personally, I find the poly angels creepier) and a lot of "worse" kinks have been written since. The most noticeable outcome of those fics have been... more of that kink.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I would just use OFCs. You can still explore the tropes you want that way, and you lose the squick factor (to many) of using non-famous WAGs.