So in your example Jack and Ianto are both gay (or bi) characters but are not paired in the show?
They're a canonical same-sex relationship. Well, were, before the bad times happened. Why do I like shows that punish me?
Then there'd be something like Gwen/Tosh, both of whom have been seen to get it on with women, but have been mostly shown to be straight--the show's really confusing and everyone has sex with everyone. I'd be curious to know what the percentage of PG gen Torchwood fic is. The show's always got someone macking on someone.
Well, were, before the bad times happened.
*sniff*
Fic labels tend to be, at best, vague. IME.
They're a canonical same-sex relationship.
See, that's where the "non-canonical" confused me. I knew they had been involved -- osmosis, I guess, since I don't watch. Clearly, I should, though.
Someone explain "bob" to me, please.
Oh, what I meant is how does one label a Demian/Barnes fic, for instance? It's not slash by my eye, but it's hardly het. Just gay.
I'm so confused. Who are they? And they're both gay canonically?
I should just go take more meds and go to sleep, probably.
Fic is sometimes labeled "bob". I dunno why. You got your slash, femslash, het, gen, and bob.
If the focus of the fic is about Demian and Barnes' relationship set in the SPN'verse, it's slash. If Demian and Barnes, though gay, are characters in a casefile fic, it's gen. If Nick and Nora Charles are in a casefile fic, it's gen. If Nick and Nora Charles are in a steamy het romance, it's het. If Nora and random other chick fall in lust in the SPN'verse and there's a story focused on their relationship with a casefile as background, it's femslash.
Then there's genderswitch, kink, yadda. I'm still very unclear on bob, though.
Someone explain "bob" to me, please.
A story that might incidentally contain relationships or sexual situations but isn't a romance or focused on a pairing.
Demian and Barnes are the gay LARPers from The Real Ghostbusters.
