Because my muse is refusing to co-operate, you get recs.

[elisi]

rm talks about why warning for slash is offensive.

Fic:

Just For Fun. Donna, Shaun, Eleven. Donna finds a way to make people (and herself) happy.

Minor Temporal Paradoxes. Eleven/River. The Doctor and River have a nice fireside chat and don't destroy the universe, well done them.

Various 'Amy's Choice' reviews that I liked:

5 excellent points/observations by cryptile (one of which made me laugh out loud).

Three thruths by honorh.

Excellent thoughts by selenak.

Happy thoughts by calapine.

Vid:

Half Life - Amy vid by big_n_happy. Dark, dense and multi-layered, and manages to be both a character vid and simultaneously deal with the themes of the season. Also, gorgeously made.

Comments

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I see the author of the slash rant's point, but I think I disagree. I appreciate knowing that a fic is slash in advance to decide if I want to read. I'm not much of a slasher; it just doesn't do anything for me. I adore reading about say, Spike and Angel bickering. I really don't enjoy reading about them just having sex. And I love the Spike and Xander friendship fics I've read, but I'd rather claw my eyes out with a dull spoon than read spander. Even non graphically it's just a hyoooge squick. For the record that's not just an exclusively slash thing for me. I feel the same way about Buffy/Giles. Eww! And it saves time to know in advance; I can just avoid those stories!

I get the impression that it's more the value judgement implicit in the phrase "warning" that the author finds objectionable. Would calling it something other than "warning" solve that problem?

[elisi]

Like I said to ladypeyton above, I think the slash aspect should be perfectly obvious from the other information (rating, pairing). A NC-17 Spike/Xander fic doesn't need notes pointing out that it's slash - it's like those warnings you get on bags of peanuts saying that they contain nuts. Or the other way round - should there be warnings on Spuffy fics that they're het?