Bitch, please.

[marguerite_26]

First, I am not speaking of any individual when I say this. This is something that has been bothering me for a while because I get told this a lot. Frankly, it is driving me insane.

Harry/Scorpius does not equal chan.

Cross Gen does not equal chan.

Why do people think this? Is ALL Snarry chan? I'm sure there are plenty of Snarry authors that would be unimpressed to hear that. We can accept that in every pairing there are some 'common squicks' that are more prevalent than others, like Harry/Lucius and non-con. But they do not have to go together.

What if people went around saying HP fandom is full of nothing but teens having sex in the Room of Requirement? Ok, granted, some people do say it. Doesn't that make you want to scream? I mean really, wouldn't it drive you nuts if someone reduced your fandom to a bunch of teenage fumblings? Like the entire fandom was restricted to Hogwarts days? The boys could never grow up and get careers?

I've written 8 Cross-gen fics including 6 Harry/Scorpius. NONE are chan. Chan is not implied by ANY pairing. Chan is about the ages of the characters.

Draco/Scorpius implies incest. It just DOES.

Harry/Scorpius DOES NOT IMPLY chan. Please stop assuming that. If you don't want to read the pairing, don't read it. I really don't care. Maybe Harry/Draco is all that you ever want to read. Maybe you don't like age disparity. Maybe the epilogue makes you want to spork you eye out. Totally understandable. But please don't dismiss the pairing because some fics in the ship are chan. There are chan Harry/Scorpius fics. There are also wonderful of fics with Scorpius over 17. If anyone wants non-chan harry/scorpius recs, you just let me know.

*jumps off soapbox*

Comments

[beatnikspinster.livejournal.com]

This plays into all my worst fears that because I write humor my stuff is seen as lesser than other works. I've never viewed non-angst and non-dark!fic as lesser.

There are a few things as badly defined as the difference between age disparity and chan. One of them is the difference between crack and comedy. Another is fluff versus light drama. So, just for clarity:

Fluff
A genre in which the story is devoid of angst and takes on a mood of light-hearted romance

Crack!fic or Acid!fic
A form of fan fiction in which characters are put in very random, nonsensical situations, and most often are all OOC.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Fuck. I am totally deleting that comment. Obviously, my wording is TOTALLY SHITTY and I was thinking one particular fic that I read that scarred me for life (written by NO ONE on my flist) and I now I'm insulting people I repect and making them feel like I'm talking about them!

That is not on. I need to stay off LJ until my cold meds stop fucking with my brain.

ok... so in general, I am wary of fluff or crack and I avoid writing it and reading it. However, there are of course exceptions to this. Certain author and artists write these two genres in a way that knocks my socks off.

I'm sorry I generalized. I'm as guilty as those I was soapboxing about above.

[beatnikspinster.livejournal.com]

I understand that you're upset about outsiders stereotyping cross-gen. Don't worry about it.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

You are a sweetheart. It's not so much that I'm upset, as the fact that I'm curled in a blanket dieing from this cold. My head all mushy so my responses are a bit more dramatic than necessary. Instead of saying: writing an h/sc fluff or crack doesn't tempt me at the moment, I am bashing the genres. *headdesk*

Remember, I'm the same person who wrote the ridiculous Garden Gnome Rebellion fic. ;)

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

takes Maggie by the hand and leads her to the couch. Brings her pillows and a blanket. Tea is brewing.

It will be okay, the internet sucks in getting our points across the way we mean.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience reading crack. Just think of who_la_hoops story for cross_fest and that should make you smile, because we know that Scorpius really is an evil conniving boy. *snicker*

Now just lay (or is it lie) back and close your eyes. Roma will read you a nice Scorpius Vampire story.

[bewarethesmirk.livejournal.com]

*bewarethesmirk, who has been following along, jumps in*

Just think of who_la_hoops story for cross_fest and that should make you smile, because we know that Scorpius really is an evil conniving boy. *snicker*

I totally agree. *g* I find thinking of any of who_la_hoop's fics cures most ills. :D

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

oh... man. now there's a scorp I could sneak under the blanket with me.

hmmm... that was more pervy than I meant. I think. Or less. Fuck. I need to stop talking.

I think I'll take your advice. *puts kettle on*

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Fluff and crack aren't for everyone. Some people never read angst. I tend to stay away from character death fics. It's all a matter of taste.

I've written crack, fluff, angst, and PWP, but there's nothing like getting an emotional response from a reader, and the response I get most frequently is amusement. I love to make readers laugh and to share the things that make me laugh. If anyone doesn't want to read those kind of fics, I don't take it personally.

[piratesmile331.livejournal.com]

On the contrary, I think that being able to write humor is a skill to be longed for. And you do that so very well.