Gen is just another quaint label

So if you have fictionally aware fairy tale universe --- one where everyone involved is aware of the tropes that run the world, like the prince always rescuing the damsel and everyone living happily ever after --- it should follow that villains, witches et al would actually be the most virtuous people. After all, they provide the conflict that lets the heroics and ever afters happen, all knowing that in the end their own schemes will be utterly defeated and they'll get nothing for their efforts.

*squirrels away idea*

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I'm slowly but surely adding my fics to A03, starting with the short and easy ones and going from there. I'll probably leave the DW ones for last because there's never a "kinda shippy but not more than canon" label. Jack makes this especially difficult, dancing as he does all over the gen line.

Speaking of DW, ( spoilers for The Beast Below )