[ SECRET POST #2363 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2363 ⌋

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Comments

[madmaudlin]

For me, a gen story has no sex at all and no major romantic elements. There can be minor background pairings that don't involve the main character(s) and those background pairings really should be canon compliant ones.

I get really irked when people slip popular fanon pairings into otherwise "gen" stories. It always comes across as people saying those popular fanon pairings are ~practically canon~ or sometimes not even recognizing that they aren't canon. If I read Steve POV Avengers gen, I might expect an offhand mention that Tony and Pepper are together but I wouldn't expect (nor want to expect) any mention of Clint and Coulson. (Or Thor/Loki or Steve/Tony or Clint/Natasha or the like.)

But then I kind of get annoyed when people slip fanon pairings into the background no matter what, pair the spares style. If something isn't canon, I want to see the build up for how it happened. I'm only going to get frustrated if I'm just told that Dean and Castiel are totally together or that Usagi and Haruka dumped their destined loves and ran off.

It's not that I dislike any of these pairings either (okay, I don't do Clint/Coulson and don't understand it at all) and I'll often read fic focused on them. But that's because I'm looking for Dean/Cas or Usagi/Haruka or whatever. I want something focused on them. At the very least, I want a head's up beforehand.

[(Anonymous)]

If the plot is gen, as in not focused on any relationships, then it would make sense to tag it as gen. And then include the tags for any included pairings so people are aware that those pairings are in there. Gen doesn't mean there aren't any pairings.