YES.

He was treating the fanfic as if it were something to be ridiculed, because, yes, who would enjoy reading about attractive men being with each other? I wonder if perhaps he felt threatened in some way, by having his character portrayed as virile, masculine, and gay? He did remark it was out of character and that he'd never write his own gay fanfiction "because that would be gay."

And in some way, I think Eli making a big deal out of it and getting on LJ was a way of barging and declaring, I'M ACTUALLY HERE AND ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR PRESENCE SO YOU CAN TOUCH YOURSELF TO ME AND NOT JUST TO FANFICTION! ISN'T THAT NICE OF ME?