I believe the other story Sarah's referring to is actually "The Intergalactic Adventures of Lieutenant John Sheppard in the Twenty-First Century," which ends with John and Teyla kissing, but was labeled "gen" on the newsletter.
See, it's not that there's a PURPOSEFUL bias, but it doesn't seem like anybody read to the end of the story; if they had, it wouldn't have been put under "gen." Like everybody else in fandom, you guys are not obligated to *read* anything you're not interested in, but like, for example: if you are a group of Elizabeth fans who don't like Teyla, you're not going to read to the end of a lot of Teyla stories and so you might miscategorize one, just because you didn't choose to read it; and over time, more Teyla stories would end up miscategorized than Elizabeth stories, just because that is your group personal preference.
I've said before in other conversations that this is clearly not anything you're doing on *purpose*-- if you were only interested in promoting or linking slash, you'd have created a slash-only newsletter and not bothered with anything else. But it is clearly a preference and it does seem to be a pattern. (Sarah's stories are not the only ones I've noticed being oddly-categorized when the het content is very subtle, or comes closer to the end of the story.)
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I believe the other story Sarah's referring to is actually "The Intergalactic Adventures of Lieutenant John Sheppard in the Twenty-First Century," which ends with John and Teyla kissing, but was labeled "gen" on the newsletter.
See, it's not that there's a PURPOSEFUL bias, but it doesn't seem like anybody read to the end of the story; if they had, it wouldn't have been put under "gen." Like everybody else in fandom, you guys are not obligated to *read* anything you're not interested in, but like, for example: if you are a group of Elizabeth fans who don't like Teyla, you're not going to read to the end of a lot of Teyla stories and so you might miscategorize one, just because you didn't choose to read it; and over time, more Teyla stories would end up miscategorized than Elizabeth stories, just because that is your group personal preference.
I've said before in other conversations that this is clearly not anything you're doing on *purpose*-- if you were only interested in promoting or linking slash, you'd have created a slash-only newsletter and not bothered with anything else. But it is clearly a preference and it does seem to be a pattern. (Sarah's stories are not the only ones I've noticed being oddly-categorized when the het content is very subtle, or comes closer to the end of the story.)