You mean, the "where is the het?" entry? I didn't really think you were bitching all that much. I think LJ is just tipped to slash as a general rule.
I know, I have a tendency to think of fandom as a DIY space, a "let's put on a show in Judge Hardy's barn!" sort of thing. So I do understand not everyone is writing. It's just, when folks start talking about plot, and PWP, I get really defensive. I don't feel like the line, if there need be a line, between PWP, smut that may have something going on, and romance, is drawn very clearly. I also tend to presume that when people say, "Plot", they really only mean action/adventure plots. So since by that measure I've never written a single thing with a plot—EWFS being a very long R rated PWP.
But really? I think it ends up being more about how I'm not one of those people who talks about my work.
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Date: 2005-06-23 04:37 am (UTC)I know, I have a tendency to think of fandom as a DIY space, a "let's put on a show in Judge Hardy's barn!" sort of thing. So I do understand not everyone is writing. It's just, when folks start talking about plot, and PWP, I get really defensive. I don't feel like the line, if there need be a line, between PWP, smut that may have something going on, and romance, is drawn very clearly. I also tend to presume that when people say, "Plot", they really only mean action/adventure plots. So since by that measure I've never written a single thing with a plot—EWFS being a very long R rated PWP.
But really? I think it ends up being more about how I'm not one of those people who talks about my work.
Thanks, re grad school! I really appreciate that!