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meridian_roseFirst 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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Date: 2011-01-25 03:01 am (UTC)I've only just come into interest in threesomes and I will say that part of that new interest is a fic that I found on AO3 because it was tagged with all the permutations so I was looking for a pairing but decided to check out the threesome fic anyway.
I usually only tag the pairing that is featured but if another pairing is prominent, I will tag that as well. Sometimes I will read a fic even if my favorite pairing isn't the dominant pairing. You didn't ask that question but I thought I would bring it up. *grins*
I have no preference in the order and will most often do it in alphabetical order because that's how I was taught when I first came to fandom.
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Date: 2011-01-25 08:13 pm (UTC)That's interesting about alphabetical tagging; the darkfest insists crossovers are listed alphabetically (burn notice/white collar and not the other way around) but I hadn't come across it before then.
It's nice not to have hard and fast rules about tagging across the board but with specific challenges and the like I can see why it's required :D