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I've seen this before...
But I feel the need to... rant, I suppose, about Stargate fandom, and the ridiculous things 'required' to describe a fic.
In fact, it makes my head hurt.
Seriously. You have to warn if there's character death, if there's a pairing, you have to let people know if it's fluff or drama or angst. There's stupid terms like 'whumping', 'smarm' (which means FAKE, btw, NOT 'schmoopy friendship'. Stupid fuckers), and the SG: Atlantis people have taken fucking amalgamated pairing names as their new favorite words.
Then there's the 'POV' designation I've seen. This confuses me. Are you talking about the episode, 'Point of View'?
No. Apparently, it means you're telling the story in first person, or from one person's POV
....
What next? "Second Person", "Third person", "Present past participle"?
Apophis fucking Sokar, people. It's fanfic. Stop categorizing it so pointlessly!
This is why I miss comicbook fanfiction. There were no labels, other than who was in the story. It was simple. It was EASY.
Sigh.
And how do you know if something's 'Hurt/Comfort' as opposed to 'torture' or 'angst'? Is there a little 'Guide to Stupid Generalizations and Categorizations'?
Hrm. I'm so spoiled by comicbook fandom.
In fact, it makes my head hurt.
Seriously. You have to warn if there's character death, if there's a pairing, you have to let people know if it's fluff or drama or angst. There's stupid terms like 'whumping', 'smarm' (which means FAKE, btw, NOT 'schmoopy friendship'. Stupid fuckers), and the SG: Atlantis people have taken fucking amalgamated pairing names as their new favorite words.
Then there's the 'POV' designation I've seen. This confuses me. Are you talking about the episode, 'Point of View'?
No. Apparently, it means you're telling the story in first person, or from one person's POV
....
What next? "Second Person", "Third person", "Present past participle"?
Apophis fucking Sokar, people. It's fanfic. Stop categorizing it so pointlessly!
This is why I miss comicbook fanfiction. There were no labels, other than who was in the story. It was simple. It was EASY.
Sigh.
And how do you know if something's 'Hurt/Comfort' as opposed to 'torture' or 'angst'? Is there a little 'Guide to Stupid Generalizations and Categorizations'?
Hrm. I'm so spoiled by comicbook fandom.