That is a brilliant example of a het example for me. I haven't been reading fic this week - save for Freedom - because of how crazy it's been. I mean, of course Radek's wife might be an OFC. We don't know enough about his background to make it canon. That's the point of fanfic, I thought. To work out what canon'll never tell us, or expound on the teeny grains we are given. And if it's just an off-cuff remark that helped shape him, but wasn't ultimately about him, then why label it such? It's a misrepresention, in my opinion, because all those gen-but-not-shippers will miss it, and all those those ship-but-no-genners will, too. There's appealing to your audience, and then there's alienating. To me, labeling the story as such is doing the latter.
Before SG fandom, I was in Harry Potter. Now, as much wank as they generate, at least I understood the basic labels. I got them. I'm struggling in this one because it seems like everyone's coming from other fandoms and the definitions aren't overlapping. And it's leaving me wondering just what fandom I'm and other people are in. Since it doesn't seem to be the same one.
Before SG fandom, I was in Harry Potter. Now, as much wank as they generate, at least I understood the basic labels. I got them. I'm struggling in this one because it seems like everyone's coming from other fandoms and the definitions aren't overlapping. And it's leaving me wondering just what fandom I'm and other people are in. Since it doesn't seem to be the same one.
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