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Jan. 29th, 2012 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morgynleriBrief rant brought to you by people who have demonstrated cluelessness as to what gen-fic entails.
When you label a fic "gen", it does not include non-canon slash. It does not include non-canon het. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't even contain serious mention of canon romantic relationships, though opinions on that may vary.
And when you label a fic either het or slash on AO3, please, for the love of finding decent gen-fic, don't also label it gen-fic.
*sighs, and goes back to hunting for gen-fic 20k+ words in length*
/rant on gen fic and what isn't gen fic
Also? I'm not really sure I'd call hurt/comfort gen-fic, but it really, really isn't when you're doing John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, with the hurt/comfort an excuse for getting them to realize their feelings for each other. (And the prevalence of hurt/comfort in long Stargate Atlantis fics is... irritating. I like some hurting of people and the comfort after, yes, but not all the bloody time, and I don't like having to always write what I want to read, damnit.)
When you label a fic "gen", it does not include non-canon slash. It does not include non-canon het. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't even contain serious mention of canon romantic relationships, though opinions on that may vary.
And when you label a fic either het or slash on AO3, please, for the love of finding decent gen-fic, don't also label it gen-fic.
*sighs, and goes back to hunting for gen-fic 20k+ words in length*
/rant on gen fic and what isn't gen fic
Also? I'm not really sure I'd call hurt/comfort gen-fic, but it really, really isn't when you're doing John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, with the hurt/comfort an excuse for getting them to realize their feelings for each other. (And the prevalence of hurt/comfort in long Stargate Atlantis fics is... irritating. I like some hurting of people and the comfort after, yes, but not all the bloody time, and I don't like having to always write what I want to read, damnit.)