I was just starting to like you and then you linked me to that community and...excuse me, I have to go cry. A lot. And maybe find a wire brush and some bleach TO SCRUB OUT MY BRAIN!
Um. To answer your question, yes, coming across that kind of language in fic is jarring to me. I think a lot of people use it, especially in slash, to get around the whole confusing pronoun thing and/or repetitive use of names that some authors have a hard time avoiding.
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Um. To answer your question, yes, coming across that kind of language in fic is jarring to me. I think a lot of people use it, especially in slash, to get around the whole confusing pronoun thing and/or repetitive use of names that some authors have a hard time avoiding.