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On LJ, at least in most of the fic comms I subscribe to, it depends on the header.

Title: Example A
Genre: Angst
Characters: John Doe/Dr Smith

or

Title: Example B
Genre: Angst
Characters: John Doe, Dr Smith

That's my favourite sort of header. A slash denotes romantic involvement and a comma shows that both characters are present but not paired together. Some people miss out the genre line. Other people have a pairings line instead of a characters one, especially if it's a PWP.

... it's probably better to clearly delineate Slash at the beginning. It's unfortunate but slash is still a more 'deviant' genre than hetero (which is assumed to be the default).

That way you only get people reading the story who actually know what's coming, so story writers aren't inundated in comments about how they hate slash.

That was written when the main author was in high school- a quick click to the profile shows they've definitely probably matured past that sort of weird sillyfic.

*is still at confusion as to why a toilet*

I wrote stuff like that too, nonsensewise, but except for a few all of it's probably on a dead hard drive now.

Money or fame earned from writing is not the same as skill at writing.

Otherwise you'd be putting Meyer and Paolini at the same level, no?

Rowling makes more money than the Queen of England, but of course you're entitled to your own opinion

In addition to all the points which have been made, quite validly, by others, you put JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling on the same level! Absolutely unacceptable! Rowling doesn't touch Tolkien, man.

It's a tragic story and I sincerely hope that Clay wins his court case. The way the LGBT community is treated in the United States (and around most of the world, for that matter) is deplorable. Everyone - no exceptions - deserves fair and equal treatment under the law.

That being said, I agree with JulyFlame. We are not getting all the facts. The website on which the story is posted has a rather obvious bias. The story itself is loaded with images of pathos designed to tweak the heart-strings of the reader.

I'd like to read interviews with both Clay and representatives of the county to find out their perspectives. I want to read the reasoning behind the judgements against these two men. I want to know as many of the facts as possible. To quote one of my favorite authors, "Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."

For me it is the latter, or at least, I know better what makes a good story, not that I can actually write one.

Though, a lot of people who send me complaints about missions seem to think that I think I am a better person. They're quite addament about it.

However, it seems that half the feminists (like Boosette and her ilk) are whiny victims while the other half are the feminazis that believe women should be superior in every way. Please tell me I'm wrong, but not that I'm a mysoginist because I do want gender equality.

Well, I won't call you a mysoginist, but recognizing only two types of feminst is a grose, grose generalisation.

And, as Agent Silikat is an anthro cat, she is now severely annoyed.
"Okay, who was that?" she yelled down the corridor, but there was nobody in sight. Sighing loudly, she retreated back into her RC, only to be soaked again from behind. Silikat span around on one paw, fur dripping with what she really hoped was water.

There was nobody there.
"Bast!" Sili swore, retreating into her RC to get a water gun. Nobody soaked her and got away with it!

[Agent Silikat is one of the agents I have planned for when I get Permission. She's an anthro cat or Jellicle from the Cats continum. Just thought I'd let you know.]

It ought to be the latter, certainly. I worry sometimes that some of us lean towards the former.

I wish to formally apologize to the IRC staff and members for my cumulative behavior (listed by Plat) these past months. I realize my personality is grating, crass, rude, and offensive, and I wish to change this, with help from the community. I know this will not excuse my behavior, but I hope we can work to go past this.

Sincerely
Jack117

There was a slightly giddy laugh from an intersection further down the corridor. A young man with pale purple skin, green hair, a red cap and the DOGA flashpatch waved cheerily once the barrage of incoming balloons stopped.

"Didn't mean to get you!" Dayn Aisenhek called, as he readied another waterbomb and lobbed it accurately at Michel. "That one did, though," he added, grinning.

1. Chantel » by TheSongOfNature reviews
   A girl is sent to Stalag 13, sick and beaten.
   Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,331 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-29-06 - Published: 3-11-06
   
   My comment: I see no-thing…
   
   2. Alone In The Rain » by foreveraloneintherain reviews
   After an awful summer Hermione looks forward to escaping to school but unexpectedly school isn't the escape she was looking for.
   Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 6 - Words: 4,444 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 4-13-10 - Published: 4-8-10 - Draco M. & Hermione G.
   
   My comment: *yawns*
   
   *disappears*

I was unable to finish reading that awful thing. Hell, I wasn't even able to get through a MST. I had to read the sporkiste's comments and skip the story segments altogether.

Whenever I start developing a dangerous amount of faith in human nature, I read something like this and remember exactly why I hate people so much.

Is that a trollfic? Seriously that is the nicest possible thing I can think of to say about that story. It must be a trollfic. Wow.

Because I don't think any amount of constructive criticism could save my next target.

*shudder*

Links are <a href="address to link to">text to display</a>. You can create the < and > without spaces by using &lt; and &gt;, and the ampersand by &amp;.

But welcome to the PPC! Have a vinegaroon--a spider-like creature that can spray acetic acid from its tail.

Apologies for this late response; I was out of town.

Michel shook off the urge to speak in all caps as water from an unknown source dripped down his sideburns. "Who threw that?" he yelled again, with slightly more reasonable punctuation.

No one answered. Michel ducked back into his RC and snatched up the cache of water balloons that his partner had been saving for just such an occasion. "No one will confess?" he challenged, stepping back into the hall. "Then you will ALL face the penalty!"

He let loose a barrage of water balloons, aiming indiscriminately. "I am Agent Michel Javert, guardian of the peace and exorcist of bad slash! And no one hits me with a water balloon and gets away with it!"

Welcome! Here's a coxcomb. It's a sort of silly hat with Shakespearean lineage.

Welcome to the PPC! May your time here be long, enjoyable, and not too traumatizing.

Yeah, she got glitter poisoning and made kissy noises at Cali.

If I remember right on July's survey, I was the third oldest person to respond to it, and I'm thirty--which I have to inform all of you teenagers is not nearly as old as it sounds! :p

The average age of the author's of stories I have done missions on is 34.5.

It depends entirely on what is the dominant expectation for the characters involved.

Atticus, in the Ukiah Oregon books, has a canonical appreciation of women, but his long-term relationship with Ru means that if I were reading a fanfic and Atticus was paired with a woman, I would darn well want a het warning.

In NCIS, where Gibbs has been married four times, and dated several women during the course of the show, and where Tony has dated dozens of women, including one very seriously, and neither of them has ever talked about men, I expect some indication that they are going to be involved with men, however that indication is accomplished, whether through the romance genre tag, good story summary, or an explicit slash warning.

Hey, just had a thought here. These two men are also not dating their female co-workers in canon. If the author has them dating one of their female co-workers, I fully expect them to let me know that up front, too. So, I really do expect het warnings as well, they just usually come in the form of annoying mish-mashes of the names involved. Jiva, Tiva, Jibbs! I'd a whole lot rather just see HET! and the character's names listed in the Character A, Character B slots. Let's go on a campaign together to get people to list HET! when they put canons in male/female relationships. Then you'll see the word Het, and I won't see the stupid name mish-mashes in place of the word het.

Sorry about the spelling in my previous post.