Day 8: On Homosexuality and Warnings

Nov 08, 2009 19:14

Another thinkythought post that I found on my thumbdrive.

On Homosexuality and WarningsI'm not at all certain that this is going to make much sense as it's more a ramble and thinkythoughts than anything clearly outlined and written in a logical fashion (Spock, I am not). That being said - here goes ( Read more... )

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blcwriter November 9 2009, 02:26:04 UTC
Word. Well. Words, actually. You said 'em, and now I don't have to.

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wook77 November 9 2009, 02:41:41 UTC
Hee! Thanks! A couple of fics posted today reminded me I had this sitting out there. :D

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fitzette November 9 2009, 02:36:53 UTC
Wow. I've totally never thought of it that way. I've actually always thought of it as a warning that hey, here be boys being adorable but they're not technically doing things to each other, so don't get your hopes up. Never as a PRE-GAY BE HERE. I guess that's just naivety on my part.

But yes, here, have these WORD cookies I baked just for you. Warning for slash bothers me immensely. If I list a M/M pairing and you're too stupid to realize the story contains slash, you're too stupid for me too worry about offending you.

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wook77 November 9 2009, 02:43:52 UTC
That's when I would say that you would list it as Pairing: Kirk, McCoy instead of with the slash. Or, I would say list it as Kirk/McCoy with a low rating and I'll know that there's no buttsexx0rs going on.

I see the pre-slash warning a lot on the "anything goes" comms more than the slash comms. That's why it really flagged in my head. Plus, I've never seen a warning/enticement for "pre-het" out there. They could very well exist and then, lulz on me.

The warning for slash is what really fucking annoys me. I did it when I first got into fandom and I want to slap the fuck outta my n00b self.

why hello there coding!fail. so nice to see you again! D:

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fitzette November 9 2009, 02:51:43 UTC
*nods*

in Merlin, there are a few fics I've seen that have higher ratings for violence, you know sword fights and what not, but not for romantic entanglements and such, and sometimes pre-slash is used with those. I guess that's what I'm thinking of? Because otherwise it's just stupid.

oh, html, my old foe. (I waited to reply so you could edit. That's how I roll. :))

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wook77 November 9 2009, 02:58:07 UTC
Maybe it's the way that I'd word it, then. IDK (see, thinkythoughts and not rational meta). I'd look at the way that the pairing is listed. If it's rated r for violence rather than pre-slash, that's how I'd list it - "Rated R for violence" rather than putting "pre-slash".

Just my thoughts :D

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red_squared November 9 2009, 02:40:16 UTC
I can't speak for anybody else, but when I often conflate 'warnings' with 'enticements'. So when I see 'preslash' as a warning, I interpret it as the author saying 'You don't get to see anything on-screen, and they're not even together as a couple yet, but this explores the chemistry between them if you're into that pairing', and so that it's not seen as false adverising if someone clicks on it looking for something more tangible.

ETA: And you said all that yourself. Reading comprehension FAIL.

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wook77 November 9 2009, 02:44:32 UTC
LMFAO! It's All GOOD! I totally get the whole enticement thing but it's more that the author needs to make a decision and stick with it. They know what they meant, yanno?

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thistlerose November 9 2009, 02:42:07 UTC
Word.

It's offensive and redundant (even more so when you're posting to a comm devoted to slash pairing anyway). And yeah, when I see it, I just scroll on by.

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wook77 November 9 2009, 02:45:04 UTC
EXACTLY! My scroll wheel gets a whole helluva lotta practice. Especially today when I saw it all over the flist.

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wook77 November 9 2009, 03:00:48 UTC
I'm not at all surprised either.

UGH! YES! I'm annoyed either way because I consider myself smart enough to figure out, from the pairing listed, if there are "icky girl parts" in it or not. It annoys the everlasting fuck out of me when people warn for the pairing. I can figure out what you mean.

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