Lots of sense :). Denial is something I never understood, as I'm not that dependent on the way canon goes. I like nasty surprises ;).
Since you mention 'Of Wolf and Man'... I somehow have the impression that blanking out certain canon elements happens very often in smut/romance, to pull off a pairing that's become troublesome due to canon elements. Genfic might not need that much of it. (not meant negatively - that's exactly my problem with the fic I'm talking about, and somehow it feels exaggerated to try and write around half a dozen nasty canonical developments just to churn out 200 KB of smut. Yup, it may be lazy, but it's also economic).
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Since you mention 'Of Wolf and Man'... I somehow have the impression that blanking out certain canon elements happens very often in smut/romance, to pull off a pairing that's become troublesome due to canon elements. Genfic might not need that much of it. (not meant negatively - that's exactly my problem with the fic I'm talking about, and somehow it feels exaggerated to try and write around half a dozen nasty canonical developments just to churn out 200 KB of smut. Yup, it may be lazy, but it's also economic).