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I co-moderate the Cap the Point Livejournal TF2 comm with the lovely DJ. There, I play the RED Soldier. We are super friendly and adorable and if you like TF2, character-building, and good times you should come find us. :D

23rd January 2012

Post reblogged from The SCUMM Manifesto with 415 notes

The Oasis of the Real: How Team Fortress 2’s Fandom Stands Apart

thescummmanifesto:

PART I

The first time I found a Team Fortress 2 thread on 4chan’s yaoi board [1], I was amazed.



Spy and Sniper on a couch, by Kob.

As an online multiplayer-only, plotless, mindlessly-violent first-person-shooter, I had assumed that the female fanbase would be limited; confined mostly to diehard first-person-shooter (FPS) enthusiasts, a subset of games with few female devotees.  Fewer in number than female WoW players, or Harry Potter readers, certainly. Despite this, the vast majority of the TF2 fanart posters—and artists—seemed to be women. Weirder still, not all of them even played the game, and very few of them played the game regularly.  This was stunning.  It was as if I had happened upon a cargo cult—imagine someone showing up to a Star Trek convention with exquisite Spock fan art and a beautiful costume, having never watched the show.

 

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I am eagerly awaiting Part III.

Tagged: team fortress 2deconstructionfeminismfanficfanartfandomfansvalvegamesvideo gameswomentf2

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    Sharing this because it is a detailed study on slash shipping, fanart with explicit themes and females who play games.
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