[ SECRET POST #2659 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2659 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think some readers/writers are specifically into this sort of thing. Shippy fic that they insist on labelling gen. There's so much of it about, it has to be catering to a specific taste and not just a ploy or a drift.

My guesses are that the readers/writers don't want to admit they like shipping, or romance, or that they find overtly sexual scenes uncomfortable for a variety of reasons. Hence this fic category has arisen.

[ninthlife]

I can definitely believe that since I've seen a lot of it around as well.

And also "super close bffs with benefits who really love each other but aren't dating": it may not be "romantic" but I still consider that a ship. Something like that is not what I'd want to find if I were looking for gen.

[(Anonymous)]

My guess is that it has more to do with the way that people get pissy and whine about it if a fic that's labeled with a relationship doesn't have smut in it. You hear enough people complaining that a fic has "wasted their time" because it didn't have an overt sex scene and you either start labeling your fics so those people don't read them or you haul off and start hitting people with a spoon.