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meridian_rose) wrote2011-01-24 08:21 pm
meridian_rose) wrote2011-01-24 08:21 pm
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question about ships (the fandom kinds not boats :D)
First off, thanks for answering my poll about my next icon theme - if you haven't yet, go back two entries and do so please! I'll close it soon and sign up for the tvcrush20in20.
I've been thinking about threesomes and shipping and seeing a debate today on pairings vs moresomes, I thought I'd make a post. You see, when I approach a threesome I see it as a triad, not a triangle. There must be some attraction between all involved and eventually a threesome should occur. But let's see what you all think about threesomes and the way in which they are described:
Polyamory in fic:
Please note that I've given examples but the fandoms don't really matter, I just want to make it clear what I mean. Also, I only did polls because people (me included) like polls and are more likely to participate that way – please comment if you have anything else to say :D
1. Does the order matter when describing a ship?
For example is "Erica/Jack/Hobbes" the same as "Erica/Hobbes/Jack" and "Jack/Erica/Hobbes"? Or do you expect something different from each threesome mentioned?
[Poll #1672047]
2. Relatedly, does a fic tagged as "Damon/Elena/Stefan" imply to you that :
[Poll #1672048]
3. If you write, or would consider writing threesomes, do/would you give any consideration to the tagging - do you agonise over "Darken Rahl/Cara/Kahlan" versus "Cara/Kahlan/Darken Rahl" or do you go with whatever the fandom most often uses/what you prefer?
[Poll #1672049]
5. At your journal, or somewhere like A03 which allows multiple tagging for partners, would you consider it beneficial to name all the partnerships?
So if there's a series of encounters culminating in a threesome, would you tag it just as "Holmes/Watson/Irene" or also as "Holmes/Watson, Holmes/Irene, Watson/Irene"?
[Poll #1672050]
I've been thinking about threesomes and shipping and seeing a debate today on pairings vs moresomes, I thought I'd make a post. You see, when I approach a threesome I see it as a triad, not a triangle. There must be some attraction between all involved and eventually a threesome should occur. But let's see what you all think about threesomes and the way in which they are described:
Polyamory in fic:
Please note that I've given examples but the fandoms don't really matter, I just want to make it clear what I mean. Also, I only did polls because people (me included) like polls and are more likely to participate that way – please comment if you have anything else to say :D
1. Does the order matter when describing a ship?
For example is "Erica/Jack/Hobbes" the same as "Erica/Hobbes/Jack" and "Jack/Erica/Hobbes"? Or do you expect something different from each threesome mentioned?
[Poll #1672047]
2. Relatedly, does a fic tagged as "Damon/Elena/Stefan" imply to you that :
[Poll #1672048]
3. If you write, or would consider writing threesomes, do/would you give any consideration to the tagging - do you agonise over "Darken Rahl/Cara/Kahlan" versus "Cara/Kahlan/Darken Rahl" or do you go with whatever the fandom most often uses/what you prefer?
[Poll #1672049]
5. At your journal, or somewhere like A03 which allows multiple tagging for partners, would you consider it beneficial to name all the partnerships?
So if there's a series of encounters culminating in a threesome, would you tag it just as "Holmes/Watson/Irene" or also as "Holmes/Watson, Holmes/Irene, Watson/Irene"?
[Poll #1672050]
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I do approach a threesome as needing it to be a triad not a triangle, so there's a/b, b/c and a/b implied and/or explored. I'm not sure there is a difference in tagging where this is the case but if it isn't the case (a/b and b/c but not a/c) then I agree that tagging it differently does make sense.
Using POV is a really interesting point and one I'll keep in mind :D (I almost always use third person and might switch POV a number of times, especially if exploring the different pairings therein)
And I haven't seen anything definite for most threesomes (V, LotS are the only ones I've investigated/written at present) but I did think that it might be a fandom issue that it's a/b/c and never b/c/a so thanks for the heads up and I'll keep that in mind for fandoms I'm just venturing into.
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Inara/Jayne/River (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4061608/1/) - It's only tagged Jayne/River but it really is a 3some fic and it's the piece that helped me define what I want in my OT3s :D
Elizabeth/John/Cam (http://miera-c.livejournal.com/612841.html) - This fic is completely AU but the characters are all very recognizable.
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