sign of getting old

[kaigou]

Used to be, stories came down the pike, and I'd read at least the first chapter, no attention paid to warnings, ratings, or pairings. Less time, less energy, less inclination, and an author who doesn't list pairings will get the delete key from me faster than anything. (The old n+? at least tells me there's a reason the author doesn't want to state the pairing.) Yes, no pairing listed will launch delete action even faster than finding seven misspellings in the first two paragraphs, or use of the dreaded fanon cliches -- banged boy or little one or the ever popular braided baka and if I see so much as a perfect anywhere and the next word starts with an s, shwooooop, and that would be the sound of my mail program sending yet another email down the chutes.

No rating, no warning, no pairing, no nothing, no read.

*stomps off*

Comments

[solitude1056.livejournal.com]

Yep, genfic, "general fiction" seems to be fandom euphemism for "does not contain romance". But then, we also move through a fandom in which 99.9% of the stories out there are romance-based, no matter what else they might have as a veneer (fantasy, action, thriller, supernatural).

Don't worry; I don't recall you've ever written anything resembling a genfic. As a matter of fact, you have a very non-genfic piece that you've been taunting us might be close to having the next chapter finished. Hmmm, I wonder where that could be...

[okaasan59.livejournal.com]

you've been taunting us might be close to having the next chapter finished. Hmmm, I wonder where that could be...

*hangs head in shame*

It is fairly close to being finished...as in about 3/4 of the chapter is written. But knowing how slowly I write and how much I have yet to do before we leave for the holiday (in about 30 hours, yikes!)...I think it's more realistic to anticipate a New Year's posting rather than a Christmas one. *sigh* I suck.