I think for consumers, it is a kink. Just like slash is a kink, but that doesn't mean *being gay* is a kink.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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§ ita § - Feb 01, 2012 11:00:51 am PST #23879 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Feb 01, 2012 11:03:21 am PST #23880 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Based on the stuff I kept accidentally scanning last night in the Cabin Pressure meme, it totally is for consumers and many writers.
(I also suspect the definition of kink has expanded for fandom to the point where it has lost all meaning.)
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2012 11:05:34 am PST #23881 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anything you particularly get off on in a story at this point, I think counts as one for filing purposes. I don't think masturbation is kinky, but it's a definite fic kink.
Amy - Feb 01, 2012 3:25:22 pm PST #23882 of 30002
Because books.
Sneak peek for this week.
Just watching Sam's face as Dean gets blown off is priceless. The little brother is always in there somewhere.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2012 3:33:58 pm PST #23883 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita !, focus on the 'off' in that sentence. It's important.
Amy - Feb 01, 2012 3:36:31 pm PST #23884 of 30002
Because books.
Well, what your brain does on its own time is no one's business but your brain's.
Cass - Feb 01, 2012 3:42:29 pm PST #23885 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I think kink has come to mean taste in fic oftentimes. It's very imprecise but I'm likely guilty too. Though I think I usually say flavor.
Juliebird - Feb 01, 2012 3:44:48 pm PST #23886 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
consumer
Yeah, I can see that. And it turned out that it wasn't related to my fic. I guess it's tender for me because one of the early conversations I had going into this story was "am I treating an asexual character as a priest kink or "let's turn the straight boy gay! kink"" and I realized that I didn't want to do that, that I wanted to treat it straight. The kink of convincing a person to go against their sexual preferences wasn't what I was personally going for, in the end, but I can see it, and have read it and loved it. I guess I just wish that there was also a tag that didn't include the word "kink". But, hell, glasses are in there. And slash itself is the biggest kink of all, for the most part turning canonically straight characters gay or bi.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2012 4:11:47 pm PST #23887 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, what your brain does on its own time is no one's business but your brain's.
You say that like you're not FORCING me to think disgusting things when I'd rather be working out how to save puppies and unicorns.
I ended up buying the shirt. I'm pretty much a soft touch when it comes to wearing shirts that don't out me except to people who already are in.
Amy - Feb 01, 2012 4:21:19 pm PST #23888 of 30002
Because books.
I didn't love Samuel Colt's face being so prominent, but it's a great shirt.
I'd rather be working out how to save puppies and unicorns.
Uh huh.