WARNINGS REVISITED

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Do you feel that the listed pairings on an R or NC-17 fic automatically implies that there may possibly be intimate or sexual activity between those characters? I do.

For example, if I see Harry/Draco; Ginny/Blaise; Pansy/Parvati; Albus Severus/OFC listed on a fic that's rated R or NC-17, I assume there may be scenes with any of those pairings, even if I'm reading mainly for the H/D. This does not bother me.

The reason I'm asking, though, is because I'm writing a fic with the above pairings scenario (not with those pairings exactly; I only used those as an example) and I am of the mindset that I will not warn for het. I won't warn for slash and I won't warn for het. On principle, I feel it is unnecessary to warn for slash or het when it's clearly an NC-17 fic and the pairings are clearly listed. As well, I've added a note to readers to make sure they've read the pairings listed before beginning the fic, just so it's clear. I feel this is totally sufficient, but what does the community think?

I've never written a slash fic that also has a het scene in it (it's mild -- just a kiss), but I have no patience for people who can't cope with a small display of het, just as much as I have little patience for people who yowl about a paragraph or two of slash, when the pairings have clearly been listed.

What say you, writers?