A NOTE TO FANFIC AUTHORS
Jan. 18th, 2011 12:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mf_luder_xfDear 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
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
