Personally, I see BDSM as a kink, but I think it would fall under a certain genre, such as darkfic (it's it's really hardcore BDSM and seriously D/s and there's all kinds of degredation going on) but it can also be part of romance when the couple is willingly engaging in it.
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Date: 2011-09-11 06:19 pm (UTC)Hurt/Comfort is a nice genre! So is romance! <3