zeegoeshere

Panic are definitely more popular with the internet and bandom at large, hence being written about way waaaaaaay more.

But that's a self-fulfilling prophecy, isn't it? They're popular why? With (this particular branch of) bandom, why? Why more popular with writers in this section of fandom, when, apparently (I don't know as my bandoms are mostly classic rock), GCH has more mainstream popularity than Panic?

I've seen what vylit is talking about plenty of times in all different fic-generating areas of fandom: some blatantly obvious/subtext-filled relationships in movies/tv/bands/etc that aren't written about, often when there's a much less obvious (but all-white) pairing in the same canon that is (Hi, "Angel" fandom. Why oh why was Gunn/Wesley not more popular?) Movies that were fabulously slashy yet one of the members of the pairing was black, asian, or hispanic, and...just nothing. One or two dedicated writers and lots of folks who may say, "Wow that was slashy!" but nada as far as developing the fandom following you'd think the source material deserves.