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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-07-29 03:37 pm

[ SECRET POST #3860 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3860 ⌋

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Re: What is your definition of Gen fic?

[personal profile] meredith44 2017-07-29 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I accidentally answered this in the secret thread, but basically romance/shipping should not be the focus of the fic and any background mention of pairings/romance should only be canon pairings. So that I'm not reading gen and then there is mention of a couple I despise going on a date after they solve the case or something.

When I read gen, it is typically because I want something that feels like the show. So a case file type for a crime show or a monster of the week for Supernatural or a day in the life of superheroes or something like that. Even if the focus isn't on the romance/ship, I would prefer it not to be there at all unless it also would feel like the show, which a non-canon pair wouldn't to me. There are very few pairings that are instant back buttons for me, but I'd be irked to find one (even just casually in there not as the focus) in a fic labeled "gen".