[ SECRET POST #2861 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2861 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[anonymous4]

Yeah, this is the problem I have.

My stories combine shipping with murder and mystery. I've learned better than to label them gen, but I'm always anxious that people who're looking for plotty fics will overlook them because they're archived under the pairing.

On the other hand, I think that, for most people, the 'wrong' pairing is the thing that's most likely to turn them off a story.

[(Anonymous)]

I totally agree that some people won't even consider a fic if it has a pairing they can't stand and get abusive when said pairing shows up even as a background pairing. *Looks pointedly at the Harry Potter and Buffy Fandoms*

Most of my stuff is AU canon divergence with me playing with the butterfly effect of "What if you change this thing" or it's character studies or it's filling in the blanks. The pairings are for the most part canon and secondary to everything else. And you're really damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Hell, I just recently got screamed at because a fic that I clearly labelled was gen and was not going to have any pairings in it other than an adolescent girl with a crush didn't have the pairing that the person wanted even though said characters were the main two characters. They weren't in a relationship but because I had the temerity to label who my main characters are and because they weren't boinking each other, I got screamed at.

In the great realm of Ao3 and expectations you really can't win if don't write smut.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people don't like certain pairings. If a story puts positive focus on a character or dynamic I don't like, it's going to take a lot to make it enjoyable to read. The same can be said for published media.