A NOTE TO FANFIC AUTHORS

[mf_luder_xf]

Dear fanfic authors,

Please, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY stop rating/calling stories with pairings (non-canon and/or explicit sex) as "gen". That is not gen. I can allow canon pairings as gen (though I know some still object to this). But if there is explicit sex, it ain't gen (maybe if the show you're ficcing is Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Graphic sex seems to be in the general episodes.). If there is a non-canon pairing, IT IS NOT A GENERAL FICTION.

Seriously, I don't even read gen and I get annoyed. Imagine all the other readers who are noromos and gen-strictly readers. I bet they're even less pleased than me, especially when there's a surprise!pairing.

If there is a pairing but no sex, or not even kissing, rate it G. As in G FOR KIDS. Or PG if there's violence and swearing, whatever. But do not call it gen. WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!



Frustrated and annoyed not-really-love,
Me

Comments

[siberian-skys.livejournal.com]

Amen my sister.

[kaylbunny.livejournal.com]

THIS. Plus eleventy billion other things that make me steer clear of fic these days. I'm going to create a journal or a filter that I can go and rant on about fic and fandom, because I swear with each day I get twitchier.

[mf_luder_xf]

Ugh, I know, right? I just came across this horrific line in a fic today and wanted to bitch.lol I mean, I'm not a great writer, but I really try to avoid cliche lines. Fanfic has both been letting me down of late and really impressing me, too.

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

I feel much the same in the matter of gen which is designated as "pre-slash".