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Fic-finders in a nutshell
"I'm looking for any M/M mpreg femslash genderswitch vampire fic with tentacle rape and BDSM in which one character turns into a were-weasel and another gets horny whenever they see the other character cooking eggs easy over."
Comments: 27
"I'm looking for any gen AU fic..."
Comments: 0
"I'm looking for any fic where AB and C happens. But gen only please."
Comments: 3, all of which are actually slash.
"I'm looking for any M/M mpreg femslash genderswitch vampire fic with tentacle rape and BDSM in which one character turns into a were-weasel and another gets horny whenever they see the other character cooking eggs easy over."
Comments: 27
"I'm looking for any gen AU fic..."
Comments: 0
"I'm looking for any fic where AB and C happens. But gen only please."
Comments: 3, all of which are actually slash.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:16 am (UTC)From:>;-)
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:40 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:43 am (UTC)From:Sadly, a given...
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:16 am (UTC)From:falls down laughing.
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Date: 2012-09-21 02:48 pm (UTC)From:I think you've hit the nail on the head. But,so NOT happening.
As for glossing/looking over it (like it's no big deal)??? Um, you can't 'unsee' things and I'm still trying to find ways to 'scub/scour' my brain clean when the unexpected pops up in a fic. :(
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Date: 2012-09-22 04:37 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 08:08 am (UTC)From:So perhaps some of those people are the ones recommending stories with sex? Do they even know what "gen" means?
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Date: 2012-09-21 03:34 pm (UTC)From:Fanfic is a way to enjoy the show and it's characters beyond the actual air-time. We are all here for the same reason but have different preferences. This is why we have tags/genres.
Ignoring tags and genre labeling, mis-labeling etc. will only drive people from the fandom. I'm sure nobody wants a dead fandom but that's what eventually will happen.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:37 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:49 am (UTC)From:So glad I have a lot I bookmarked but have not read yet......
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:52 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-21 03:46 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 03:34 am (UTC)From:I know from others that you are what I consider a 'safe' author to read.
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Date: 2012-09-16 04:32 am (UTC)From:I don't mind if you download stuff; I tend to put stuff on my Nook nowadays myself. And I love reviews whenever I get them. Hope you enjoy my work enough to leave one.
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Date: 2012-09-21 02:54 pm (UTC)From:I skimmed the list and it feels like Christmas!
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Date: 2012-09-16 06:52 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2012-09-22 04:47 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:44 am (UTC)From:And these are the kinds of people who describe a fic - which they've written for a gen prompt, as "mostly gen anyway"... when the whole climax of the story, and solution to its difficulties, involves invitations to a threesome, complete with random, absurdly abrupt, making out in front of another character. Mmmhmmm...
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:51 am (UTC)From:Not when it is noncon, gang rape etc.
Of course I was also asked to 'overlook that part' when I offered to beta for SGA Big Bang....I finally had had enough and pulled my offer much to the
dislike of the moderator. Tough, I specified NO slash
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Date: 2012-09-16 06:53 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:59 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 01:33 am (UTC)From:UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One episode was all I needed of that show and I quit.
Not really surprised that fandom would reflect this type of request.
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Date: 2012-09-16 01:36 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2012-09-16 03:21 am (UTC)From:On a side note: I just wish gen could get the same respect that other genres get. Instead there seems to be a growing number of fics marked gen that clearly aren't. :( I mean that's why we have the various categories and tags, right? So people who are looking to read a certain kind of story will find it. i.e. If the author writes a fic containing slash elements, their target audience probably won't find it if it's marked gen. Likewise, a gen reader who reads same fic comes to the non-gen parts and abruptly stops reading. Either way, your fic is not going to be enjoyed by either party and all of the author's hard work is for naught. Just a thought.
I've been burned so many times trying to read new fic by authors I don't know, who either don't mark the story or mark it gen when it's not. Therefore I've limited myself to only those I know for a FACT write gen. (The drawback to this is when they move on to a new fandom...It means my choices begin to dwindle)
Sorry I got so far off topic.
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Date: 2012-09-16 03:37 am (UTC)From:Yes! This! So much this! I'm always saying this - labeling isn't just about warning people, it's also about advertisement. If you want to get more readers, more reviews, then aim for the correct target audience. If you let people know what they're about to read, they will come, so to speak.
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Date: 2012-09-21 03:16 pm (UTC)From:*Nods* I just wish everyone understood this. It would make for so much less aggravation.
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Date: 2012-09-21 04:04 pm (UTC)From:I'm only in the SGA fandom but if you're interested let me know and I will put my list together for you to peruse at your leisure. Kriadydragon writes multiple fandoms including Merlin
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Date: 2012-09-21 06:24 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-09-21 06:55 pm (UTC)From:I get that temptation. I'll admit I caved to the school of thought in which "I'll just skip over the slashy/romantic bits", and mostly regretted it as those bits will come out of nowhere, and you still need to read at least a couple of sentences to know where the bits are to skip, so it's mostly a lesson in futility.
I'm really hoping
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Date: 2012-09-21 08:12 pm (UTC)From: