Morbane's coal

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In quantum wankchanics, Morbane's coal is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum wankerposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical gift may be considered simultaneously both the fic of your dreams (TFOYD) and coal, while it is unread state, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

The Coaltide interpretation implies that, after a while, the gift is simultaneously TFOYD and coal. Yet, when a coalie clicks on their gift, the coalie sees the gift either TFOYD or coal, not both TFOYD and coal. This poses the question of when exactly quantum wankerposition ends and reality resolves into one possibility or the other.

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Re: Porn - M/M

[(Anonymous)]

I agree! It becomes very obvious when something has just as many if not more viable f/f ships and the fandom revolves 90% around the dudes, so I recognize that the media itself is not always the reason. My point was exactly that, that it's everywhere and a lot of things do boil down to it, sorry if it didn't come across well.

Re: Porn - M/M

[(Anonymous)]

People always say that and I've never seen this argument used with the context of a fandom that would convince me. Like one time I saw people complaining that Undertale fans are more fixated on Sans than Alphys and how this is proof of misogyny, when... really the characters aren't particularly similar except superficially, and most importantly, while Alphys has nice moments in the game, Sans has unforgettable AWESOME ones.

My own personal blorbo catnip seems to be AuDHD-coded smartass intellectuals. I'm a woman who meets that description (minus the smartass, I guess that's the wish-fulfillment part), but I have yet to meet a female character matching that description who I'd imprint upon in the same way. Sure, it's misogyny deep down, but that's on the part of whatever bias in writers decides how to distribute character archetypes across gender lines and the intersections of ableism and gender, not fandom. So bringing it up as an example of misogyny in fandom is just kinda pointless and buzzkilly.

Furthermore, my main fandom right now technically has a clean 50/50 male/female cast... but the male characters and their canonical interactions with each other are significantly better developed. There is more canon content for them in pure numbers and their interactions are more conflict-ridden and interesting. I write about all of them, but again, it's not that surprising that the M/&M relationships are the ones that have my brain jumping like a ferret 24/7.

Re: Porn - M/M

[(Anonymous)]

+ Final thought. Of course, fandom can be really creative and people are out there writing wild AUs and rarepairs that involve characters who never even meet in canon, no obstacle to shipping is insurmountable when it comes to imagination.

But on the whole, people DO write what's easier for them, and the numbers will reflect that.