It just helps to add qualifiers to your words. Written communication is awesome :D
AO3 has the very useful tag for non-romantic relationships - so instead of Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, you put Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, and that implies platonic. Fandom in general is terrible with gen fics, sadly.
To me, I guess, a relationship can be used to explore so many other things - and that there is nothing wrong with exploring a relationship in of itself. But I also...don't set out to write about "big things". I've written about the effects of (to pick a common one) war on people, in various ways - but while I use a lot of research into attitudes and reactions (sooooo many books), my research is nothing unless it fits the character and how she or he or zie would react and how they process things. I have big things inform my writing, but I never use it as the main point. But, that's me.
Hmm, if you had issues about search ability of tags, I'd absolutely add those things into the tagging system. People who are interested would click, and others who aren't would stay clear, and everyone is well informed. Uninformed readers can lead to bait and switch, which is never fun.
no subject
AO3 has the very useful tag for non-romantic relationships - so instead of Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, you put Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, and that implies platonic. Fandom in general is terrible with gen fics, sadly.
To me, I guess, a relationship can be used to explore so many other things - and that there is nothing wrong with exploring a relationship in of itself. But I also...don't set out to write about "big things". I've written about the effects of (to pick a common one) war on people, in various ways - but while I use a lot of research into attitudes and reactions (sooooo many books), my research is nothing unless it fits the character and how she or he or zie would react and how they process things. I have big things inform my writing, but I never use it as the main point. But, that's me.
Hmm, if you had issues about search ability of tags, I'd absolutely add those things into the tagging system. People who are interested would click, and others who aren't would stay clear, and everyone is well informed. Uninformed readers can lead to bait and switch, which is never fun.