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Yeah, I'm not sure where the line should be drawn either.
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Yeah, I\'m not sure where the line should be drawn either.
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* The most extreme position, which is probably wrong, would be to classify any fic which contains a pairing which isn't [[OfficialCouple strictly canonical]] as shipping. This would be a ''huge'' change from the current setup and probably require probably ''around half'' of the gen fics to be moved to shipping.
* The second most extreme position would be to consider fics which portray pairings as pre-established relationships incidental to the plot[[note]]generally this requires a large TimeSkip for the relationship to develop offscreen, though in Zootopia's case it can simply interpret the MaybeEverAfter as a RelationshipUpgrade[[/note]] as gen fics, but anything which gives significant attention to developing their relationship throughout the story is a shipping fic. This would require [=GB=], A Bitter Pill, Water Under the Bridge, etc. to move as I said earlier.
* The middle position is to have fics which focus ''primarily'' on the relationship as the ''main focus'' as shipping fics. I think this is how we're currently operating, but as we just discovered, it can make fics that are divided more-or-less evenly between romance and other plot threads '''very''' hard to classify. In particular,
* The second most extreme position would be to consider fics which portray pairings as pre-established relationships incidental to the plot[[note]]generally this requires a large TimeSkip for the relationship to develop offscreen, though in Zootopia's case it can simply interpret the MaybeEverAfter as a RelationshipUpgrade[[/note]] as gen fics, but anything which gives significant attention to developing their relationship throughout the story is a shipping fic. This would require [=GB=], A Bitter Pill, Water Under the Bridge, etc. to move as I said earlier.
* The middle position is to have fics which focus ''primarily'' on the relationship as the ''main focus'' as shipping fics. I think this is how we're currently operating, but as we just discovered, it can make fics that are divided more-or-less evenly between romance and other plot threads '''very''' hard to classify. In particular,
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* The most extreme position, which is probably wrong, would be to classify any fic which contains a pairing which isn\'t [[OfficialCouple strictly canonical]] as shipping. This would be a \'\'huge\'\' change from the current setup and probably require probably \'\'around half\'\' of the gen fics to be moved to shipping.
* The second most extreme position would be to consider fics which portray pairings as pre-established relationships incidental to the plot[[note]]generally this requires a large TimeSkip for the relationship to develop offscreen, though in Zootopia\'s case it can simply interpret the MaybeEverAfter as a RelationshipUpgrade[[/note]] as gen fics, but anything which gives significant attention to developing their relationship throughout the story is a shipping fic. This would require [=GB=], A Bitter Pill, Water Under the Bridge, etc. to move as I said earlier.
* The middle position is to have fics which focus \'\'primarily\'\' on the relationship as the \'\'main focus\'\' as shipping fics. I think this is how we\'re currently operating, but as we just discovered, it can make fics that are divided more-or-less evenly between romance and other plot threads \'\'\'very\'\'\' hard to classify. Such as \"slow burn\" fics which have a romantic subplot that slowly advances in parallel with another plot but is still very prominent. Or fics with a romantic subplot [[RomanticPlotTumor that starts out small but gradually grows in significance until it envelops the entire story]].
* At the other extreme is to \'\'only\'\' label something a shipping fic if there are \'\'no\'\' significant plot threads not focused on a romantic relationship. This is probably wrong too, and might even require, e.g., \"The Meetings\" to be moved to Gen due to its emphasis on background events.
To use a math metaphor, I think this is a rounding problem -- do we treat 0.5 as 0 or 1? I know in actual math, they always round up rather than down when it\'s exactly in the middle, but AFAIK that\'s an arbitrary convention purely for the sake of consistency.
* The second most extreme position would be to consider fics which portray pairings as pre-established relationships incidental to the plot[[note]]generally this requires a large TimeSkip for the relationship to develop offscreen, though in Zootopia\'s case it can simply interpret the MaybeEverAfter as a RelationshipUpgrade[[/note]] as gen fics, but anything which gives significant attention to developing their relationship throughout the story is a shipping fic. This would require [=GB=], A Bitter Pill, Water Under the Bridge, etc. to move as I said earlier.
* The middle position is to have fics which focus \'\'primarily\'\' on the relationship as the \'\'main focus\'\' as shipping fics. I think this is how we\'re currently operating, but as we just discovered, it can make fics that are divided more-or-less evenly between romance and other plot threads \'\'\'very\'\'\' hard to classify. Such as \"slow burn\" fics which have a romantic subplot that slowly advances in parallel with another plot but is still very prominent. Or fics with a romantic subplot [[RomanticPlotTumor that starts out small but gradually grows in significance until it envelops the entire story]].
* At the other extreme is to \'\'only\'\' label something a shipping fic if there are \'\'no\'\' significant plot threads not focused on a romantic relationship. This is probably wrong too, and might even require, e.g., \"The Meetings\" to be moved to Gen due to its emphasis on background events.
To use a math metaphor, I think this is a rounding problem -- do we treat 0.5 as 0 or 1? I know in actual math, they always round up rather than down when it\'s exactly in the middle, but AFAIK that\'s an arbitrary convention purely for the sake of consistency.
