[ SECRET POST #2363 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2363 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I see how one could label it as Gen but I'd still be annoyed as a Gen reader going into a fic that had pairings like that. I'd be more lenient if the pairing was canon, but otherwise no you're still shipping within the fic so not Gen. Just my thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I think this all boils down to different people having different definitions of 'gen'. I've never seen it as a statement about shipping, but a statement about plot, but that might be because I don't read fics primarily for the shipping, I read them for the plot. If the plot's not good, it doesn't matter if it's about characters I ship, I'm not going to finish reading it. And I only go for 'M/M', 'F/F', 'M/F' if I'm looking for something revolving around a relationship, or into which the relationship plays heavily. In my experience most fics that are tagged with those are very, very romance heavy, not 'adventure, with minor references to a relationship', because why the hell would you tag a fic that's about people going and doing awesome, non-relationship/non-romantic things with a romance-based tag (even if there's very minor relationship-based things in it)? That seems illogical.

And if the description (and preface) to a story marked as 'Gen' says that it's got minor references to 'Harry/Ron', why would you continue reading if that's not what you want? It's clearly labeled, unless you don't read the descriptions (which I don't see why anyone WOULDN'T as you weed out 90% of the fic you don't want to read just by reading the descriptions/preface).

I feel like the easiest thing to do would be to make a new tag that's 'no pairing'. That way everyone could be on the same page. ._. Because no one's ever going to agree about what Gen means.

[(Anonymous)]

No pairing wouldn't work. Someone would eventually pitch a fit because it referenced a married couple somewhere in it, even if it wasn't the focus.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT (again)

I should also mention (as I just went and looked), but for posting fics to AO3: If you click the 'categories' help button, it described Gen as such:

Gen
General: no relationship, or containing relationships which are not the main focus of the work

Therefore, having very minor relationships IS actually covered under the Gen tag on AO3. I couldn't say about ff.net, as I haven't owned an account in many years.

[(Anonymous)]

General: no relationship, or containing relationships which are not the main focus of the work.

Seems perfectly logical and self-explanatory. Therefore, it will never fly with fandom.