Gen Fic, for SCIENCE!

[ratherastory]

This is something of a follow-up to a conversation in my post about the hypothetical Gen Big Bang, in which I discovered to my shock and dismay that not everyone agrees on what constitutes gen fic!

Thus I am conducting a poll for SCIENCE!

Please spread the word, I am really curious to hear opinions on the subject.

[Poll #1666301]

Comments

Re: sex or SEX?

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Someone brought it up. If a 10-chapter fic has one sex scene that's not integral to the lot, does that make it het het/slash or gen? A 500-word PWP is one thing, but how about a shorter fic with mentions of sex but nothing "on camera?"

I don't feel especially brave. I didn't realize that this was a really contentious topic, just that people disagree on the exact definition of "gen."

Re: sex or SEX?

[4422shini.livejournal.com]

I don't understand how anyone could consider one sex scene in a 10 chapter story to be het/slash. If the main focus of the story is gen, then it's gen!

Certainly the story should have a forewarning of the material, but to have to relist is silly.

To me, gen tells me to expect a story, where sex isn't the main course, but I never assume it's not there.

How do you feel on the subject?