Thoughts On Incest Pairings

This untitled essay by nestra offers up her thoughts on incest pairings with an emphasis on Wincest as a popular pairing. It was written at a time when Wincest was the first widespread and accepted incest pairing in Western media fandom.
==Topics Discussed==
Among the many topics it touches on:
* Falling for the First Time, a Supernatural vid by sisabet, there are over 200 comments at its posting
*YKIOKMKIOK
*squicks
*fandom as a safe space
*The Vividcon convention as a safe space
*the impact of visual fanvids vs. textual fanfiction
*RPS vs slash vs gen fanfiction
* Wincest, Supernatural
* X-Files, noromos, MSRs
==Essay==
==Reactions and Reviews==
===Giving A Subversive Vid Its Own Subversive Reading===
Several fans were so squicked by the vid that they consciously chose to reinterpret it as a vid about anything but incest:
[cofax]:
[musefool]: 
[cofax]: 
[nestra] (in response to cofax): 
[Kestralsan]: 
[jenip]: 
===Sometimes An Incest Pairing Is Not About An Incest Pairing===
A few fans explained that, for them, the attraction to Sam/Dean was not because of the incest theme but in spite of it:
[z rayne]:
[nestra in response to z rayne]: 
[merryish]: 
[cathexys]:
[nestra]:
===There Is No Fandom UN===
[cryptoxin]:
[nestra]:
===Slash Fans Suddenly On The Outside Looking In===
[cereta]:
[cofax]:
[nestra]:
[loligo]:
===A Squick By Any Other Name===
Source: 
[samdonne]:
[veejane in response to samdonne]::
[samdonne in response to veejane]::
[veejane in response to samdonne]::
[cofax7 in response to samdonne]::
[penknife in response to samdonne]:
[samdonne in response to penknife]:
[cryptoxin in response to everyone above]::
[nestra in response to cryptoxin]: :
[Nestra in response to everyone above]:
[veejane in response to nestra]: :
[Nestra in response to veejane]: 
[Veejane in response to nestra]: :
[Nestra in response to veejane]: 
===Is Wincest Really Tainting the Fandom?===
[kyuuketsukirui]:
[nestra]:
[loligo]:
[kyuuketsukirui]:
[loligo]:
[veejane]:
===The Slash vs Gen: Is It An Apt Analogy?===
[merryish]:
[veejane]:
[merryish]
===Using Manips or Blooper Material Outside of the Show’s Context is Like Cheating===
[veejane]:
[Katie_m in response to veejane]:
 
[elynross in response to veejane]:
 
[Melina123 in response to elynross]:
[Katie_m in response to elynross]:
 
[elynross in response to melina123]:
 
[rydra wong]:
[Katie_m]: 
===Maybe Our Reaction is so Strong Because the Manip Technique is New?===
[cryptoxin]:
[cathexys in response to cryptoxin (going slightly OT)]:
===Photomanips are Like RPS – an Intrusion into the Actor’s Private Lives===
[nestra]:
[cathexys in response to nestra]: 
[nestra in response to veejane]:
===Are Photomanips the New Uncanny Valley?===
[musefool]:
[kestralsan]:
===Photomanips Pull Me Out of the Fanwork/Distract Me===
[merryish]:
[jenip]: 
[nestra in response to merryish]: 
===Photomanips Intrude Upon My Fantasy World===
[merryish]:
[lydiabell in response to merryish]: 
[cathexys in response to merryish]:
[nestra in response to merryish]:
[elynross]:
===Are Photomanips a Form of Meta?===
[marinarusalka]: 
==References==
Category:Vidding Meta
Category:Supernatural Meta
Category:2007 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites