Ha! I used the categories in my AO3 account to do the counting for me, very easy. Even so, I managed to overlook one fic. I think that I am aware of what pairing types I read and write, if only because there's been so much discussion of it over the years, and I get angry and defensive every time I'm told slashers are misogynists.
But yes, it's all about the characters and their dynamics, and it's rare that I write a fic where I deliberately set out to deal with a male gender role, as opposed to just writing the characters the way they are. I think that's one reason I always underestimate how much slash I've written.
I've often said I don't write about men, I write about people, and I write about people who are women. My male characters are incidentally men. I may be wrong, and I'm obviously biased, but I don't see the male gender roles as as limited and limiting as the female gender roles. There are more of them, and they're roomier. I tend to find men who are very concerned with projecting masculinity and performing their gender ridiculous and pathetic.
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But yes, it's all about the characters and their dynamics, and it's rare that I write a fic where I deliberately set out to deal with a male gender role, as opposed to just writing the characters the way they are. I think that's one reason I always underestimate how much slash I've written.
I've often said I don't write about men, I write about people, and I write about people who are women. My male characters are incidentally men. I may be wrong, and I'm obviously biased, but I don't see the male gender roles as as limited and limiting as the female gender roles. There are more of them, and they're roomier. I tend to find men who are very concerned with projecting masculinity and performing their gender ridiculous and pathetic.