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.
A story that might incidentally contain relationships or sexual situations but isn't a romance or focused on a pairing.
Ah, so I got my gen definitions wrong, then, because I was actually describing bob? So then gen is totally casefile focused?
I've never seen "bob" before at all. Huh.
Oh, them! I saw "Demian" and went a Vampire Diaries place, but he's Damian? Or something?
Actually, ignore that. I need to go be quiet and watch Idol.
"Bob" isn't widespread.
Damon is the awesome evil vamp on VD.
Tuna is not chicken.
Ah, so I got my gen definitions wrong, then, because I was actually describing bob? So then gen is totally casefile focused?
It's ... a gray area.
I've never heard bob before. Now I want to take my slash definition question to the fanfic thread, because I know I'm not the only one who uses it for non-canonical gay only, but I have no idea if I'm prevalent or not.
I think in Bob, the sexual/romantic part is more than incidental while still not the primary focus. Nutty's Six of One is distinctly Bob, while Big Pink's Red is more gen, despite both containing het.
