Thanks - I realized after I posted that I was smooshing together two different things.
Yes - I do understand that gen is not about preserving the purity of canon. But one of the arguments I read most often from gen writers (at least in WC) is that shipping a certain relationship (Peter/Neal, e.g.) is abhorrent not because its a pairing, but because it doesn't exist in canon.
But that's an argument for another time, another place.
ETA - I didn't mean to insult you or imply that all gen is immature and naive. I am trying to explain my own personal worldview.
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Date: 2011-07-09 09:52 pm (UTC)Yes - I do understand that gen is not about preserving the purity of canon. But one of the arguments I read most often from gen writers (at least in WC) is that shipping a certain relationship (Peter/Neal, e.g.) is abhorrent not because its a pairing, but because it doesn't exist in canon.
But that's an argument for another time, another place.
ETA - I didn't mean to insult you or imply that all gen is immature and naive. I am trying to explain my own personal worldview.