[HPFGU-OTChatter] Fics with slash, children's books, the purpose of my schpiel on warnings (in other words, multiple responses)

[the.gremlin at verizon.net]

I wrote: 
"Also, in anime fanfic, male homosexual relationships *w/o sex (and this refers anything that would lead to arousal)* were stated with a "shonen-ai" warning, which, translated into English, means "boy-love." Female homosexual relationships w/o sex were referred to as "shojo-ai", meanining "girl-love." Anything with sex in it was called a lemon."

To which Heidi replied:
"I find this interesting as a glimpse into another fandom (although I must point out that most of the HP fanficcers when the fandom was just getting started (about 3ish years ago) had never done fanfic in any other fandom before, and had no idea what the conventions and stylings from other fandoms were) but I'm a bit confused about something - what is "anything that would lead to arousal"? Is it feelings generated in the reader? In the characters? It's an interesting gague, and I can certainly think of fics where it would be relevant, but..."

It was my attempt at tact, apparenly I was too tactful (is that a word?) Basically, anything with the word 'sex' attached to it (i.e., oral sex), hand jobs, masturbation, anything leading to an orgasm, and I would categorize anything leading to a physical reaction that does not happen to 6th grade school girls who are talking to their crush for the first time. Those would be labeled 'lemon' (or any form of citrus fruit, if the writer was feeling snarky),  and shonen-ai would be the "Oh, he's so hot, I have suc a big crush on him, I wonder what it would be like to kiss him, I hope he feels the same way too" (though not quite as obvious and badly written, though I've seen worse) type thing.

Hmm, I suppose you don't see too many Japanese anime/Harry Potter crossovers. I was a little surpriesd to see that HP fanfic writers were just starting out on their first fanfics, but then I have very eclectic tastes and my friends think it's all right to write fanfic for anime, but think I'm obsessed when I mention reading HP fics. 

-Acire, who thinks OOC (*o*ut *o*f *c*haracter, also used in anime) fics should be rated as well, such as Snape turning out to have a dominating wife and 6 mini-Snapes stashed away in England somewheres, or Lucius Malfoy rescuing puppy dogs. :D


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