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[superbadgirl]

Or, rather, fans who like gen fic. ;)

This was probably posted elsewhere on LJ - have to admit I still find LJ/blogging rather uncomfortable for fandom, even if I only plan on staying on the outskirts. I don't know why, but I just can't get into it as much. Reading fic on LJ is just a lot of work, IMO, especially if it's long. Click for link, keep clicking for the next part, yadda. Anyway, here's a new Yahoo group for SPN gen fic. Looks like the primary genre will be H/C.

Thanks ldyanne for the head's up!

ETA: I'm taking back my recommendation. A suggestion that they might want to simply label their list as a romance-free area instead of specifically targeting slash and Wincest was summarily rejected. In a rather, IMO, stubborn and silly way, too. I got quoted the "treat others as you'd like to be treated" schtick...which doesn't fly with me, because there were ALREADY too many people stepping in to express not just appreciation for a gen site, but for being free from that "disgusting slash and Wincest"...which doesn't seem to follow that whole "treat others" thing, now does it? I certainly didn't think so, and yet the only person who's been modded is the one to stand up and protest the bashing.

Also, I was so excited to have a place to go for gen stuff...but it turns out het is welcome where slash is not. That is not okay with me. My definition of gen doesn't include het, and even if it did, it's not cool to say one kind of romance is okay and the other not.

I'm not simply removing this post because, well, I wanted to soapbox for a tiny bit. The whole thing's kind of upset me, and I don't really upset that easily about this stuff. Well, okay, I freak out about Wincest, but I, unlike so many, manage to be not okay with that but not go around all over the place calling it disgusting and lumping other slash in with it. Okay, I slip up sometimes, because it is a major squick.

Oh, and of the fic that I did read in my short stint there, much of it was riddled with grammatical errors and flat-out bad characterization, so I don't know that I would have lasted long anyway. Plus, I can't stick around when, because het is "cannon," it's considered gen. Cannon!? Really. God, I hate that error.

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[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Plus, I can't stick around when, because het is "cannon," it's considered gen. Cannon!? Really. God, I hate that error.

LOL That one always makes me laugh, because I get all sorts of interesting images in my head.

But...I am really sorry that I was somewhat right about that group. :-( I was actually hoping you'd tell me I was wrong. *g*

Maybe we should start our own gen site? Group? Whatever?

I'd actually really like a gen only place. There is already a wincest-free LJ community as well as spn_brotherlove. Both allow het and slash, but no wincest. I don't know that there's any place that's strictly for gen, though.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Thinking aloud... I remember when the wincest_free group started, I was interested, but then when it was actually created, it had a different name that seemed sort of confrontational and a few things were stated that seemed a bit similar to this new group, but the owner asked everyone about it and most people stated a preference to the "having our own playground" kind of approach, rather than the bashing others, excluding others kind of thing. The owner listened to the comments, changed the name of the group, and wording of the guidelines was changed to reflect that.

That was nice.

[superbadgirl]

The owner listened to the comments, changed the name of the group, and wording of the guidelines was changed to reflect that.

That would have been lovely! Too bad that didn't happen here. :(

Ah, well. I'm not going to stew about it anymore. It's not like I'd invested a lot of time over there. I hadn't even had the chance to share stories.

[superbadgirl]

Maybe we should start our own gen site? Group? Whatever?

Heh, maybe, but I don't want the responsibility. I can't even care for my plant, let alone babysit a bunch of people who can't behave properly. ;)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I suck at that, too. *g* It's a nice thought, though. hehe I'd be more inclined to make an LJ community which you might not like as much, but I think it would be easier to maintain.