The Coalies & Other Stories

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I will not read them in a Canon-Divergent AU.
I will not read them in Third Point-of-View.
Not in a Crossover! Not in Genfic!
Not in Shipfic! You let me be!

I do not like them in Fanart.
I do not like them even in the Fic of My Heart.
I will not read them in fic of my NOTP.
I do not like them with my OTP.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!
I do not like my DNWs!

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Re: Unpopular Yuletide Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

You're still conflating romance and shipfic. Yes, romance and horror rarely (though not never) co-exist.

But, again, not all shipfic is romance. Shipfic can also be, for instance:

- straight-up porn (including things like noncon that have absolutely ZERO overlap with romance)
- slice-of-life fic about an established couple or about two characters sharing UST
- the ship (established or not) going on an adventure or solving a mystery together
- angst/drama about a characters stuck in an abusive or bad relationship
- two characters pining for each other
- a couple breaking up
etc.

Obviously, not all of those are things you should gift unprompted! But that doesn't mean they aren't by definition shipfic and wouldn't fall under the romance umbrella.

When people ask for shipfic, it means asking for a / relationship. What form that story takes depends on the fandom/ship, on the recipient's prompts and on what the writer is willing to write. But by your definition, someone who asks for "Dungeon Monsters/Servant Girl" in a ship matching exchange like Canon Ball or a HTP pairing is asking for "romance". I assure you, that's very much not the case.