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I agree. The only point of this "teaser" seemed to be to make non-yaoi
fans
react with "EEWWWW!!!" and yaoi fans react with "......." (or maybe
"Uh....
that's it?").
No. That wasn't the point at all. Not in the least. It was a word play
with
the title. As I mentioned before, I thought it was rather obvious at the
time I sent it out. Others' reactions would indicate otherwise. :( Next
time
I'll be less subtle.
Besides, doing a bait-and-switch like this with non-yaoi fans
can be an unpleasent shock to the system -- though I suspect that was
the
intent of the fic.
Bait-and-switch in general? Yes, there was one. Targeted at non-yaoi fans?
No.
Oops, clarification time. I meant that the *bait-and-switch* was the intent
of the fic. I didn't mean to imply that you were deliberately targeting
non-yaoi fans (though, looking back, I realize that's how it sounds --
sorry!). What I meant was that the reason some people have been so upset
about there not being a yaoi tag is that they really don't want to read yaoi
under any circumstances, even if it's supposed to be a cheesy lemon, and
that's why some have responded so vehemently to the bait-and-switch.
It wasn't aimed at anyone in particular. Unpleasent shock? Definitely
not what I was going for.
For some non-yaoi fans, stumbling across any kind of yaoi is an unpleasent
shock. So don't take it personally. ^^
A groan perhaps at a pad pun and obvious bait and
switch, but that's the worst I expected.
As someone who's not terribly offended by shounen ai, I still personally
find shockfics annoying rather than entertaining anyway.
*Sigh* It wasn't a shockfic.
:( Oops again. My bad. I think perhaps "shockfic" is a stronger word than
I meant, since I consider shortfics or teasers, with a bait-and-switch,
shockfics. Perhaps I should have said "surprisefic." ^_^
But again, even if someone is all for hetero lemons and is eligible for a
hentai of the month, if they happen to find yaoi icky to the point of being
Oscar-ish icky... well, whether you meant it to be or not, it would be a
shockfic to them. ;) Some people think Ranma with Saffron is about as
appealing as Ranma with Cologne.
<snip>
A Tale of Ten Yen... now *that* was an entertaining lemon --
You're comparing apples and oranges here,
Yes, I know. ^^
since this wasn't meant to be an 'entertaining lemon'.
Which is part of my disappointment, I suppose. ;)
But cheer up, DF, we still love you! ^^
-Krista