#just stick to m/m stories. and theyre fantastic!! but id love to see what those writers could do with female characters too.
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i know a thousand other people have said this already, but im so tired of the fact that people just dont write good fanfiction about female characters or female relationships. all the 100k-word epics on ao3 are about m/m or m/f pairings, and i just mourn for all the life-changing stories we could have about female characters, the ones that fundamentally re-frame your way of thinking, the ones where the romance is slow burn that's hot and heavy and so, so achingly intimate that the page is bleeding with it.
where are those stories?
#and it's not just because there are more male characters in fictional media#it's mostly because we all care about men more#because a m/m pairing between two male background or side characters from a popular show will have AT LEAST QUADRUPLE the amount of content#than the content for a f/f ship between MAIN CAST members from that same show.#it just fucking sucks. and i wish i could change it.#it's not always enough to just write it yourself yknow?#thats not really the solution here#it would require a massive restructuring in how we prioritize female characters#especially in order to prioritize them separate from male characters.#the majority of shows or fandoms where a female main cast member is popular? their number one ship in fandom is with a male character.#can't escape it man :(#mine#fandom#i feel like we just dont like dedicating that much time to thinking about women—even fictional women.#it's not as fun or as interesting as thinking about men. and why is that hm?#i cant change what people like to write#but its always so devastating when i see an author who writes really really well#just stick to m/m stories. and theyre fantastic!! but id love to see what those writers could do with female characters too.#an account with like 8 different 50k fics about the same m/m pairing. AND while often writing a f/f pairing as a background pairing#(which is a whole other annoying issue that deserves its own post)#it just makes it even sadder that they dont dedicate that same energy toward imagining what it might look like for that background f/f#pairing to have a story of their own with just as much love and care.#(AND LIKE. YOU CANT EVEN TELL ME ITS JUST CUZ THE CHARACTERS ARE CHARACTERIZED DIFFERENTLY#LIKE TO SAY THAT THE F/F PAIRING JUST WOULDNT BE AS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEYRE MORE STABLE OR NORMAL OR NOT AS CODEPENDENT OR SOME SHIT#LIKE NOT ONLY IS THAT JUST SEXIST. IT'S ALSO HYPOCRITICAL#'CAUSE YOU'RE OUT HERE GIVING WHOLE NEW FANON PERSONALITIES TO THESE MALE CHARACTERS#FUCKING. STEVE HARRINGOTN AND EDDIE MUNSON FROM STRANGER THINGS WOULD NOT IN A MILLION YEARS DATE IN THE SHOW.#SO TO WRITE SOLID FANFICTION WITH GOOD CHEMISTRY YOURE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR PERSONALITIES A BIT.#AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING!!! BUT IT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU JUST...DON'T PUT AS MUCH EFFORT#INTO THE FEMALE CHARACTERS. JUST CUZ YOU DON'T LIKE THEM AS MUCH.
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dabihawks...wait for it....fake dating au
this is actually so appropriate
no ones done this
but u all know exactly whats coming
(hawks is a scholarship student sent to a high class college bc the board got jealous of this really smart kid’s quote unquote ‘wasted potential’)
(dabi is a rich abusive business man’s eldest rebellious punk rock son)
so. hawks is walking to his next lecture when he sees a flyer on a noticeboard
“HELP. I am in need of a fake boyfriend to help me piss off my homophobic father when i go home for a family dinner. bonus points if you’re a delinquent and blatantly, ridiculously homosexual. payment in the best cookies you will ever have in your entire life”
*hawks voice* sounds like my kinda gig
he contacts him straight away
‘im always ready to piss off homophobes’
he meets up with dabi to discuss details at some hipster coffee shop called “tomuras’”
and immediately thinks
‘fuck hes hot’
yeah he has weirdass burns on his face what about it
he has a deep sexy voice and tattoo sleeves and so many piercings hhh
and dabi sees him and immediately thinks
“aw hell fucking yeah he looks so gay and twinky I really hit the jackpot”
bc hawks is literally perfect for this
he has red wing tattoos on his shoulder blades
constantly wears rainbow patterned tanks and halter tops in order to show off the afore mentioned tattoos
and has multiple snapbacks that say ‘IM GAY’ one of which he is currently wearing
does that not scream homosexual
dabi is fucking delighted
okay so they have to work out the details of their ‘relationship’
dabis like, what do u think would have happened for us to kiss kiss fall in love
‘okay so I was thinking that it would have happened at a shitty hipster coffee shop, and I dont wanna name an actual coffee shop so lets just make one up lets call it like tomura’s or smth-’
dabi sNORTS
*distant shigaraki voice from behind the counter* fUCK OFF YOU BITCH ITS NOT HIPSTER OR SHITTY
‘yEAH IT IS GO FUCK YOURSELF’
*coughs* ‘anyways.’
dabis looking at him so fondly he’s in LOVE
‘you turned around with ur coffee and bumped into me, and you thought I was so hot that u spilled it all over me‘
dabi: *deadpans* I dunno man I feel like it’d be the other way around im way hotter than you
hawks: *whispers* hell fucking yeah you are holy shit those arms are killing me
*amused dabi voice* what
*panicked, painfully cracking hawks voice* nothing
they go with hawks’ story
bc in dabis words
“its so gay he’‘ll hate it”
when the day of the family dinner arrives hawks is super worried that he’ll end up not being sweet enough to rei or mix up dabi’s sibling’s names or ‘not be gay enough’
dabis lying on his dorm bed and watches lazily till he gets tired of hawks freaking out and throws a pillow at him to shut him up
gay pillowfight montage
they hit each other with hawks’ obnoxiously big pillows till feathers are flying everywhere and theyre giggling breathlessly
queue gay moment
hawks ‘hey we should practice kissing’
“mhm we have to perfect it so its believable yknow”
‘so can we make out now’
‘yeah lets just get right into-mmph!”
dabi and hawks end up half and hour later then they were supposed to
id say they were looking rumpled as all hell
but honestly thats dabis default
and its bold of you to assume hawks wouldn't waste even more time getting ready
hes wearing a pink tank top that says ’blatantly homosexual’ and skinny jeans
dabis wearing a leather jacket with many many many pride pins of the bisexual variety and a queen t-shirt
gotta stick to them “dabi listens to mainstream rock music” roots
(hawks suggested he dye his hair pink purple blue but he ultimately decides against it much to hawks’ disappointment)
so they come in and meet rei
her hugs are amazing and make hawks feel so small and protected and cocooned in her warmth is this what a parent feels like
fuyumi; hello if you hurt my brother I will eviscerate you
hawks: dw id eviscerate me too
fuyumi, grudgingly: good answer welcome to the family
dabi blushin rn
natsuo: hey big bro, hawks bro *fistbumps*
shouto: *chugs gatorade and t-poses* sup’
hawks: wh
*dabi voice* o h m y g o d I said just dont freak out my boyfriend thats all I asked of u assholes and what do you do you go and freak out my boyfriend I am disowning all of you-
hawks is staring at him with motherfucking heart-eyes
and then the whole happy everything is destroyed by endeav*r coming back from work
dabi slings and arm around hawks waist and ignores his blush, insufferably smug
”hello father this is my homosexual boyfriend we are homosexual and have homosexual sex”
hawks belatedly realizes that shit, he really likes it when dabi calls him his boyfriend which is a problem bc theyre not actually dating
so hes lowkey freaking out on the inside
but he still plays his part to perfection
‘thankyou for being so accommodating, let me take ur jacket sir, ill put it next to my rainbow colored one over here’
endeavor is so pissed
and its glorious
dabi is beside himself with glee at the dinner table as he is surrounded by his siblings
natsuo slurping soba loudly while staring directly at his dickhead dad
and his mom is aloofly tuning them all out while in intense conversation with his sister about how society is bullshit and businessmen are disgusting
while fuyumi is sneakily scratching her fork against her plate to make a screeching sound which makes endeavores eye twitch every twenty seconds
and he is sitting next to and playing footsie under the table with his newly discovered love of his life
whom he should probably
definitely
ask out after this whole thing
who is seemingly oblivious to endivores glaring and talking to him about how he’s so happy that he accepts his son for being gay and being generally so supportive of ‘us faggots’
endthevore is fuming and its fantastic
dabi intertwines his fingers with hawks and smiles and continues where he left off in his one sided conversation with shouto whos nodding and slurping determinedly (*wipes tear* ”i taught him well”) about the homosexual agenda as hawks silently tries to appear as if hes not having a heart attack beside him
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