I pointed out in Vera's journal that I want to be warned for Het - it was kind of a tongue in cheek comment but not entirely.
Because yes, if I find a header that says Jack/John NC17 I am going to be on that puppy like a shot because HEY! slashy goodness (and if it turns out it's NC17 for violence instead it makes no difference).
BUT I have been known to come across headers in the past that read Female character, Male character NC17 and gone off to read expecting violence/adult story line and got graphic Het sex instead! Cue rapid exit by yours truly.
*doubles back to fill out poll*
*comes back to edit* Just to be clear I just want a header to tell me if there's graphic het ahead. Not that it has to be a "Warning". Warning is the place you put things that are likely to squick people - like dubcon, or breathplay or - withn my f-list - shmoop :-)
I'm agreeing that readers should have an idea what they're going to find.
Hypothetical: What if het UST is in a story? Or something romantic or iffy like... *thinks*
Okay, the Doctor is with Jack, but he's flashing back to the last person he was with and it was Rose, and he thinks about how he loves her too and misses her.
"Ew!" or "That's fine. It's not graphic hexsexing!"
Should there be some mention of this character who's not actually present in the story itself, in your view?
That's fine. It's not graphic hexsexing! That one. Definitely.
Het UST? Fine by me - though unless the writer is being *really* obvious I will probably miss it anyway.
Romance? Not the hearts and flowers shmoopy twu wuv kind EVER (though I have been known to beta it - I will beta anything!)
Het sex? I don't seek it out but I can read it - I was going to say below a certain level (I usully cite PG13) but that often doesn't take into account any 'kinks' that might be present. It's more... a matter of language?? There's... *pokes it* Okay So I wrote that Gwen/John Hart for karaokegal's last Halloween Party BUT if I hadn't written it I'd never have clicked on a link leading to it UNLESS it had been written by an author I knew and trusted (and even then I would have thought twice about it if it had merely been headed het).
And just to add to the your confusion I was skimming the all the entries in the porn battle at the weekend regardless of pairing and enjoyed more than a couple of the non-slash ones :D
WOW I never knew I was this complicated.
ETA Should there be some mention of this character who's not actually present in the story itself, in your view? I missed the last question - if there's going to be porn I'd like to know that's coming up - If it's just thinking about someone that's fine. I am not the sort of person who dedicatedly ships one pairing to the exclusion of all others. Jack/Nine are my OTP this doesn't mean Rose never gets to have sex with her guys even though I don't see Nine/Rose in canon.
See now that isn't a comm I'd naturally seek out as I'd assume - apparently wrongly at a quick glance - that it is primarily a place for het. Which just proves what assumption does! Pretty daft assuming anything like that where John is involved, same as where Jack is...
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:38 am (UTC)Because yes, if I find a header that says Jack/John NC17 I am going to be on that puppy like a shot because HEY! slashy goodness (and if it turns out it's NC17 for violence instead it makes no difference).
BUT I have been known to come across headers in the past that read
Female character, Male character NC17 and gone off to read expecting violence/adult story line and got graphic Het sex instead! Cue rapid exit by yours truly.
*doubles back to fill out poll*
*comes back to edit*
Just to be clear I just want a header to tell me if there's graphic het ahead. Not that it has to be a "Warning". Warning is the place you put things that are likely to squick people - like dubcon, or breathplay or - withn my f-list - shmoop :-)
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Date: 2009-04-14 01:02 pm (UTC)Hypothetical: What if het UST is in a story? Or something romantic or iffy like... *thinks*
Okay, the Doctor is with Jack, but he's flashing back to the last person he was with and it was Rose, and he thinks about how he loves her too and misses her.
"Ew!" or "That's fine. It's not graphic hexsexing!"
Should there be some mention of this character who's not actually present in the story itself, in your view?
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Date: 2009-04-14 02:59 pm (UTC)That one. Definitely.
Het UST? Fine by me - though unless the writer is being *really* obvious I will probably miss it anyway.
Romance? Not the hearts and flowers shmoopy twu wuv kind EVER (though I have been known to beta it - I will beta anything!)
Het sex? I don't seek it out but I can read it - I was going to say below a certain level (I usully cite PG13) but that often doesn't take into account any 'kinks' that might be present.
It's more... a matter of language?? There's... *pokes it* Okay So I wrote that Gwen/John Hart for
And just to add to the your confusion I was skimming the all the entries in the porn battle at the weekend regardless of pairing and enjoyed more than a couple of the non-slash ones :D
WOW I never knew I was this complicated.
ETA
Should there be some mention of this character who's not actually present in the story itself, in your view?
I missed the last question - if there's going to be porn I'd like to know that's coming up - If it's just thinking about someone that's fine. I am not the sort of person who dedicatedly ships one pairing to the exclusion of all others. Jack/Nine are my OTP this doesn't mean Rose never gets to have sex with her guys even though I don't see Nine/Rose in canon.
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:13 pm (UTC)I wish you'd post it on the comm for that pairing so people can find it (I'll post mine, too):
http://community.livejournal.com/call_me_vera
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:21 pm (UTC)See now that isn't a comm I'd naturally seek out as I'd assume - apparently wrongly at a quick glance - that it is primarily a place for het. Which just proves what assumption does! Pretty daft assuming anything like that where John is involved, same as where Jack is...
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:26 pm (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/guns_n_poodles is for any John Hart stuff.
Yeah, I belong to the Ianto/Gwen comm, the Jack/Tosh comm, etc... pretty much everything.
I wasn't making that up. I like everything. :)
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:29 pm (UTC)So where would you like me to put it? (And why do I have a feeling you are going to say both places??)
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:40 pm (UTC)Hart fans will be pleased. :)
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:44 pm (UTC)