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Re: Bad Smut in fanfic

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One of the census (censuses?) done of fanfiction actually put explicit fic at around 18% or so. So it being the predominant thing in fic is, I think, a misperception because the sexy weird stuff is what makes it's way into the mainstream or into badfic legend.

Although I do think people conflate smut with shipping sometimes, especially if they really love genfic because then it does all kind of blur together into "stuff you aren't as into" in your brain.

As a person who really loves genfic, but also has a soft spot for PWP, I can see it from both sides.

I also think it's hard because I don't find that genfic attracts the same level of quality writing as good smut does. But I don't see it as an adversarial thing where too much of one means less of the other the way some do.