Hah, that was the kind of thing that almost traumatized me to the point of not joining fandom. It was on one of the tvtropes pages, right when I was kind of in the 'horrified fascination' stage. But I kept on reading the articles, which meant tht by the time I came across the pages that referred to the less squicky sides of fandoms, I was able to justify taking peeks at fanfic (etc) on the grounds that it was practically normal in comparison.
See, when I was but a young teenager, I really liked slash (ah sex - it's an intriguing mystery for the young!) - so I was a lurker in fandom and discovered all the sane bits myself (and more importantly, discovered that I actually did favour plot over porn). So, I was lucky in that I was drawn in by shows where the main characters WEREN'T related...so I knew that there were parts of fandom that DIDN'T do the porn thing when I joined fandoms where characters WERE related. (Because I don't care how much slash I used to read - incest just crosses a line into squick.)
...and yeah, as you say, once you see the horrific stuff, the tame stuff really is practically normal.
And isn't the Supernatural fandom filled with a ton of incest kinda stuff? It's even mentioned in canon... But sometimes there are some good fics between the icky stuff...
I don't know! Looks real to me, but I just stumbled upon it. I don't know it's origins!
And yes, Supernatural fandom is filled with incest of all sorts - but it's pretty easy to steer clear of, and as you say - there are some great non-incesty fics out there. (There are also some good incesty fics, if you are able to ignore the incest.) :P
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...and yeah, as you say, once you see the horrific stuff, the tame stuff really is practically normal.
And isn't the Supernatural fandom filled with a ton of incest kinda stuff? It's even mentioned in canon... But sometimes there are some good fics between the icky stuff...
And yes, Supernatural fandom is filled with incest of all sorts - but it's pretty easy to steer clear of, and as you say - there are some great non-incesty fics out there. (There are also some good incesty fics, if you are able to ignore the incest.) :P