I'm sorry, but we are talking about a fandom that uses a particular definition of a term.
"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, but it is rarely written any more." Both dismissive and true. If I was the lone Stackhouse/Markham writer in the fandom, and I had just completed my megalithic, 225,000 word story of their undying love, I might get a little upset at having it so lightly dismissed. If you stopped at "Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, and added something like "the last S/M story 'hot date on the balcony' was posted to community MarkxStack in 2006.", that's not dismissive to me; those are both facts.
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Date: 2008-11-14 07:21 am (UTC)"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, but it is rarely written any more."
Both dismissive and true. If I was the lone Stackhouse/Markham writer in the fandom, and I had just completed my megalithic, 225,000 word story of their undying love, I might get a little upset at having it so lightly dismissed. If you stopped at
"Stackhouse/Markham was a popular pairing during early seasons of Stargate Atlantis, and added something like "the last S/M story 'hot date on the balcony' was posted to community MarkxStack in 2006.", that's not dismissive to me; those are both facts.