386: Kinky Gen

[roque_clasique]

Happy gen week!!!  GEN!!!  I LOVE IT!  A cool thing about gen in this fandom is how, emotionally-speaking, it's not that far from slash -- the acute emotional connections and ~feelings between the characters lend themselves beautifully to the creation of powerful fic that doesn't need a sexual component to heighten the intensity of the pre-existing

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[roque_clasique]

Yay, I hope you like them!

[nyoka]

What a fabulous way to start off Gen week! And yay for Gen kink! I really love when they're described in this way. I know folks often mention that h/c is the "porn" of the Gen fandom (it's largest kink), but I also think there are all kinds of other kinks that also bring that emotional and visceral component other than h/c, many of which you've hit on here.

Thanks for this post, bb ♥

[roque_clasique]

Yay for gen kink indeed!

I wrote a really long meta on the "porn" of gen a long time ago, and ever since it's been forefront in my mind! Especially given my own h/c proclivities.

Hope you like these!

[nyoka]

Okay, now I'm going to go and track down this meta in case I didn't read it. I am so intrigued by this idea. I often talk about why SPN has such a vibrant and large Gen fandom compared to other Slash-heavy series. And I think it's because there is so much emotional storytelling potential that can still be hammered out in non-romance based fic -- and people are still able to get that emotional Id fullfillment they seek out without needing to read only pairing-based fic. I think the SPN terrain is just so rich for all the genres in this sense.

[roque_clasique]

Here it is!

http://roque-clasique.livejournal.com/32993.html

I am so interested in it too! That is what makes SPN so special *beams*

(granted, I have absolutely zero experience in any other fandom... but I can just TELL how special this one is!)

[who_favor_fire]

I'm gonna be on this list like white on rice once my exam week is over!

Thanks for the recs sweetie!

[roque_clasique]

Good luck on exams! I feel you there :(

Enjoy these!

[mementis]

Wow. So I very rarely read gen, unless it's by an author I already know. I'm a little afraid that the emotional component will be missing. And then I feel uneasy about dismissing a whole category based on what I know is a silly conjecture. Still, finding gen fic that fit my bill seemed like a daunting sort of task.

But I'm fascinated to know there is gen fic that's emotionally "kinky," as you describe. I can't wait to read these, thank you!!

[roque_clasique]

Oh girl.

I read and write both gen and slash, and I can honestly say that most times the emotional complexities and intense relationships in gen surpass those in slash, since slash often uses sex to hammer-home emotion -- and while it's a very effective tool, I do think that at times it can be an easy way out, an easy way to show connection. Keep in mind, though, that I don't read slash for the porn -- it usually doesn't turn me on (although of course there are special cases *g*) -- I read slash for the emotional component (often h/c).

Try these newly-posted stories, and if they don't work for you, let me know some of your favorite slash stories and I will tailor-make you a gen rec list that includes some old ones. I would really love to do that! Gen can be so amazing and satisfying and I want everyone to know!

[mementis]

Wow, you are just... amazing. Thank you so much for this comment, and the offer. Real life just sort of... overtook everything for a few days there, which is why I didn't get the time to come back here and thank you properly right away. Sorry about that :(

For myself, I don't necessarily read slash for the porn. Porn works too, fwiw, just differently - I don't usually appreciate being dropped in the middle of a pwp, for instance, but I really like being led to it. I read slash, particularly SPN slash, for that "just you 'n me, kid" sense I get from some of it, that feeling that some of the bonds in this fandom are near-unbreakable. Whether that's "love, family, whatever" or "profound bond" or something involving an OC, I look for equal partnership and bonding. I've a huge competence kink, too, that rules out some of the h/c I've read (although I do keep trying with h/c because I love it when it hits the right notes for me).

I like paxlux's fic a great deal, both gen and slash. I like long, plotty, emotional stories that aren't so much

[ariadnes_string]

Thanks for the rec, bb! And yay for kinky gen (calamitycrow calls it slashy gen, and it is my absolute favorite--non-sexual or pre-sexual intimacy is my biggest kink)--I've only read a couple of these, so I will save this list! (love that maypoles fic especially)--

[roque_clasique]

Slashy gen is my favorite too! I love when the boys are physical with one another in a non-sexual way... maybe why I love h/c so much. And yeah, I've re-read that maypoles fic soooooooooo many times. It's like, PERFECT h/c.