| abstract | - This is a subculture-within-a-subculture; these people are usually both a Yaoi Fangirl and a Yuri Fan and while they may favor one of these over the other they engage in both. This can range from people who merely prefer to pair off every character they like with another of the same sex to the more extreme people who appear to argue that writing slash is a politically liberating act. Occasionally it can be an unexpected by-product of backlash against the addition of Mary Sue Original Characters just to pair off canonical characters. The extreme versions are the kind who write J. K. Rowling hate mail for daring to give Remus Lupin a wife and impose Die for Our Ship on any female character who so much as has sexual tension with one of "their" guys, often in the most sadistic and humiliating ways. They also don't seem to want to listen when many real gay people point out the fanfiction they're writing is highly stereotypical and doesn't really reflect reality (not that all Het Fic does this either, but there you go). Mind you, more extreme typical Yaoi Fangirls might engage in this sort of flaming as well. There are also those who are just tired of the ubiquity of het romance plots in all variety of fiction and the tropes that go with them, particularly the stereotyping of everyone involved. This has been known to scare artists away or outright refuse to draw yaoi or yuri. Counterintuitively, there may be a homophobic element to Het Is Ew in some cases; straight women (and straight men) who subscribe to the notion may feel that their own sexuality is threatened if they find a work that includes a member of their own sex arousing. This is one of the reasons for the prevalence of lesbian porn aimed at straight men; viewers don't need to worry about being turned on by another guy. One thing about people who think Het Is Ew is that they may not engage in Die for Our Ship as much; instead they Ship the person "in the way" with a different person in the cast who is the same sex as them - i.e. if they Ship Bob and Dave, but Alice is Bob's Canon girlfriend, they write fics about Alice realizing she actually loved her best friend Carol all along, rather than about Alice dying in a house fire. This isn't universally true, but not uncommon either. Basically, when these fans write Fanfic, Everyone Is Gay. Depending on what circles you run in, this can actually be a joke, usually about why they don't write "gen" fic. See also Het. In-Universe examples only please, and remember, this is about a specific attitude towards heterosexuality, not just homosexual pairings. Examples of Het Is Ew include:
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