Ha! I don't see it (categorising something under slash) as 'warning' but more as 'soliciting', that prolly why I don't find it a somewhat negative thing. There are an amazing lot of people who only go for fics with m/m sex (or NC-17 or incest or...) after all, it's doing them mercy telling them upfront if the story contains what they look for :P
Like, what if it was a romance of a het couple that had a same-sex subtext that never became a romance?
Then you call it het, and burn anyone who dares to criticise the story's same-sex subtext alive *g* Speaking of nowadays "boy's" anime, there's a fine line between slashy and "fake slash" or otherwisely known as fucking with slashers' heads which is just plain evil. Jump for example resembles giant cigarette companies with unspeakable tarket market more than anything else now imho.
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Like, what if it was a romance of a het couple that had a same-sex subtext that never became a romance?
Then you call it het, and burn anyone who dares to criticise the story's same-sex subtext alive *g* Speaking of nowadays "boy's" anime, there's a fine line between slashy and "fake slash" or otherwisely known as fucking with slashers' heads which is just plain evil. Jump for example resembles giant cigarette companies with unspeakable tarket market more than anything else now imho.