To me it seems very logical that there would be more slash than het fanfiction. The main characters of SGA are male: -Sheppard -McKay -Ronon -Beckett -Possibly Zelenka and/or Caldwell
female: -Weir -Teyla
Which means (excluding 3somes and other characters), there are 12 possible het pairings, 15 m/m pairings and 1 f/f pairing.
Add to this the fact that the overall majority of screentime and character development goes to McKay (to the extent that he's in danger of being mary-sue sometimes) and Sheppard, and it really doesn't surprise me that there's a lot of McShep out there.
What I never understand is why that bugs people. If it's not your thing, go start a community or join up with other communities that are your thing. I don't read het (mainly because there's not enough good Teyla and I hate Weir) but it's existence never bothers me even when I'm on sites where het is predominant. Maybe there is animosity because people expect animosity from the "other side" and walk into conversations being very defensive. I think maybe furikku is right. Slashers get defensive becuase they're the underdogs in RL and hetters get defensive because they're outnumbered on LJ and some fanfic repositories.
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To me it seems very logical that there would be more slash than het fanfiction. The main characters of SGA are
male:
-Sheppard
-McKay
-Ronon
-Beckett
-Possibly Zelenka and/or Caldwell
female:
-Weir
-Teyla
Which means (excluding 3somes and other characters), there are 12 possible het pairings, 15 m/m pairings and 1 f/f pairing.
Add to this the fact that the overall majority of screentime and character development goes to McKay (to the extent that he's in danger of being mary-sue sometimes) and Sheppard, and it really doesn't surprise me that there's a lot of McShep out there.
What I never understand is why that bugs people. If it's not your thing, go start a community or join up with other communities that are your thing. I don't read het (mainly because there's not enough good Teyla and I hate Weir) but it's existence never bothers me even when I'm on sites where het is predominant. Maybe there is animosity because people expect animosity from the "other side" and walk into conversations being very defensive. I think maybe
*starts singing Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends...*