I've been pretty abysmal at doing anything other than silly one-shots lately, and it's been a real struggle to get to the last line of anything; I keep getting distracted by other things (well, moreso than usual *g*).
Also, on a relatively unrelated topic (which is probably the thing that's distracting me) organizing writing is so hard OMG. I'm attempting to go back through my stories and figure out what themes crop up most often so I can tag posts accordingly, but geeze... what's the line between fluff and slice-of-life? What's the difference between smut and porn and PWP? When should I label something as bruce!topping or clark!bottoming--when it's a trope or an exception to a trope? When does a tag go from being a useful way to find something you want to read (i.e. sex pollen) to being an unwanted spoiler (i.e. revealing something like a love token exchange when part of the story's plot is uncertainty in one partner's ability to commit?)? These are of course rhetorical questions, but still. Waaaaaaaaah.
PWP, would be a fic that has no plot. Sex doesn't necessarily mean no plot. It's possible to have a plotless fic that has no sex in it. (i.e. watching a movie or eating something)
Porn, graphic sex written for us all to enjoy over and over again :3
Smut, a continued series of implied sex, but not necessarily graphic.
Hope that helps, but others may interpret the definitions for these words differently.
My definitions are pretty close to yours, except for smut. My definition of smut seems to change every day. *g*
That's the tough part for me is that, unlike Merriam-Webster words, there's no going to look these up somewhere. They're very folksonomic terms-and the ones that aren't adopt specialized connotations for our puposes-and their meaning is constantly in flux depending on what segment of the fandom community is using them and in what context. These three terms in particular are derived from more easily identifiable source words that could probably help me draw lines if I wanted to really get nitty-gritty, but I think what baffles me the most is use of words like "smarm," "UST," "crackfic" because those don't come from a larger context, at least as far as I understand it, and to a lesser degree things like "angst," "UST," "schmoop," because they're such largely general categories that across fandom that it can be challenging to figure out when to apply them
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Yeah I know what you mean. Terms change for each fandom. Like in anime, they refer to slash as 'yaoi,' and femslash as 'yuri.' They also use the term 'lemon' for smut.
I haven't even dared think about organizing my tags, oh my God the horror, the horror. It's easier just to keep a list with the pertinent information for me...but you write so much and in so many different fandoms that that could get really complicated! Well, anything you choose is going to get really complicated, LOL...
Also, on a relatively unrelated topic (which is probably the thing that's distracting me) organizing writing is so hard OMG. I'm attempting to go back through my stories and figure out what themes crop up most often so I can tag posts accordingly, but geeze... what's the line between fluff and slice-of-life? What's the difference between smut and porn and PWP? When should I label something as bruce!topping or clark!bottoming--when it's a trope or an exception to a trope? When does a tag go from being a useful way to find something you want to read (i.e. sex pollen) to being an unwanted spoiler (i.e. revealing something like a love token exchange when part of the story's plot is uncertainty in one partner's ability to commit?)? These are of course rhetorical questions, but still. Waaaaaaaaah.
*brain goes 'splodey*
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Porn, graphic sex written for us all to enjoy over and over again :3
Smut, a continued series of implied sex, but not necessarily graphic.
Hope that helps, but others may interpret the definitions for these words differently.
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That's the tough part for me is that, unlike Merriam-Webster words, there's no going to look these up somewhere. They're very folksonomic terms-and the ones that aren't adopt specialized connotations for our puposes-and their meaning is constantly in flux depending on what segment of the fandom community is using them and in what context. These three terms in particular are derived from more easily identifiable source words that could probably help me draw lines if I wanted to really get nitty-gritty, but I think what baffles me the most is use of words like "smarm," "UST," "crackfic" because those don't come from a larger context, at least as far as I understand it, and to a lesser degree things like "angst," "UST," "schmoop," because they're such largely general categories that across fandom that it can be challenging to figure out when to apply them ( ... )
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And I have no idea what UST means.
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I actually read this whole honking huge reference list of fandom terms the other night. My eyes were almost crossed by the time I finished. *g*
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