from the words you typed, genius. 'for the purpose of this thread, WE'RE talking about-'. no. you are. 'we' are not. you do not speak for the people. you are not the rock.
in terms of organizing a community, it makes sense to have the three categories be separate, regardless of overlap. otherwise what you're doing is getting into subcategories, like horror, h/f, angst, au. there will always be overlap. rare is the person that sticks to one singular category. i play in all three. what now? does my opinion not count because i can't commit? lots of people play in all three. that doesn't make there suddenly be less than three categories that have been three separate categories since before you came along and tried to reinvent math.
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in terms of organizing a community, it makes sense to have the three categories be separate, regardless of overlap. otherwise what you're doing is getting into subcategories, like horror, h/f, angst, au. there will always be overlap. rare is the person that sticks to one singular category. i play in all three. what now? does my opinion not count because i can't commit? lots of people play in all three. that doesn't make there suddenly be less than three categories that have been three separate categories since before you came along and tried to reinvent math.