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Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

on page 31 -

"DNW: slash, characters behaving OOC" sigh.jpg

And why am I not surprised it's for a Russian canon? /Russian coalie

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

What's the problem? Not wanting slash doesn't make you a homophobe.

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe cyrt is jumping wt shadows over the no ooc being right after no slash, as if that implies that slash is ooc (the characters would never!!!).

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt

it doesn't, but tbh I think DNWing slash in general is faux pas. Nothing prevented them from just DNWing non-canonical pairings.

DNWing OOC is stupid and mildly insulting to the assigned writer.

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

But if you dnw non-canonical pairings there's no option of other m/f pairings.

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt

eh idk, maybe you're right and there's nothing wrong with that. I suppose I'm just bitter and extra suspicious of fellow Russians re:homophobia.

As a predominantly gen writer, this sort of thing shouldn't bother me, so I guess it's kind of a personal issue.

Re: Requests are out!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who always requests het pairings, I don't even mention slash. I mean, slash doesn't bother me, but I'm requesting het, so I assume that my writer won't pair up my ship in a way I didn't request. I find the extra "no slash," redundant and grating to those who do write/read it. If they happen to go ODAO, then that's on them, not me. Mentioning no slash in a DNW, implies there is something squicky about it, and that is the last thing I would want anyone to think I believe.