I'm currently amidst the "Cas is a hooker" fic.

Oh, god that was jollysnidge too? So completely random. Also, smallest world ever.

The priest story--I don't get the level of denial where cuddling with a male minor is totally okay, and not big gay evil. It just didn't make any sense. I couldn't get emotionally invested in Cas in that story.

If people don't get that Misha is also raising a lot of money for charity, they're not paying attention.

He's doing it wrong, it's all about him, yadda yadda yadda. It seems a lot of energy to care, honestly.

I have no idea why I really like chibi!socks. But I do.

Also, Artmetica? I really like you, but/so don't post within a day of me.

Really really lovely vid all about Sam and Dean, just being brothers and there for each other.

There are slashy overtones in the beginning of the vid, to give fair warning.

The vidder says so, but, man, that's a whole lot of lip licking and lip sucking going on in the first thirty seconds. Also, lots of erotic sleeping shots and closeups of mouths. Yeah yeah, working with an already canon homoerotic subtext, blah blah. It's good, but it's way shippy and sensual. Okay, back to watching.

That's slightly not gen. Beautiful stuff, though. Boys!

I pimped Show last night to a friend of my sister's, but asked him not to tell her I did it. And then in the mail today I get a DVD of Arrested Development and Family Guy, so he can totally tell her if he wants. Still, I was mentioning damaged and addicted protagonists, and he was all "What show? I don't watch much TV, but I might check that out."

Which would be one theoretically straight guy for the books.

Yeah, that was a little odd, but the rest of it was so lovely, I couldn't not rec. I really loved all the brotherly bitching and pranking paired with the rest.

That was a very beautiful Sam/Dean vid.

I don't get why creators put in what seems a clearly non platonic gaze in and label it as not having a pairing. The vidder is coy about it in the comments--it's not like the lip licking and the dressing just tripped and fell into the vid.

And I'm not asking because I need my delicacy protected or anything. I'm just really about accurate labelling. Is there not a common "preslash S/D" grouping in the Wincest camp, or is it a personal choice?

I've seen pre-slash used for fic, although not often.

I'm not a huge vid watcher, so I'm not sure what the conventions are in terms of labeling. I know I've seen people clearly label footage that's been manipulated to tell an AU story, but I haven't paid much attention otherwise.

I'm sorry! I should edit my post.

it's not like the lip licking and the dressing just tripped and fell into the vid

and the clutching and touching. Yes, these are all shots from the show, but the closeups are not. The zoom on these moments are not. Maybe it's like the anti-slash rule? Where some people will call a gen fic pre-slash to get the slasher audience? Or maybe the vidder is just hawt for Sam and Dean and was putting in their favorite luscious clips in? Even the song choice is erotic.

Again, nice vid, but am confuzzled about the actual intent.

Amy, it's not you, and it's not offensive. It's the vidder I'm wondering about, who labeled it gen. It's not outrage and getting the dogs out, it's just curiousity and discussion.