I really dislike incestfic. I don't care what other people do with their time, whether they read or write it, but me? Ew. So ew. I don't care if it's good guys or bad guys, onlysortafamily (like Sirius), whatever. Double squick points if the family member is dead. I mean, !!!
And as for purebloods marrying in their own circle, I don't think they've gone so low as outright incest. Being vaguely related to all your potential marriage partners is one thing. Marrying your sister is entirely different. For what I consider incest, I think first cousin is pushing it, and anything past that is not a big deal (ie second cousin onward). For me it has more to do with how close the characters are, not necessarily in blood relations. If two people who are not related were raised together as siblings, that would count for incest(ish) with me. Two people who are first cousins but never knew it (or each other), doesn't squick me nearly as much.
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Date: 2004-10-04 03:02 am (UTC)And as for purebloods marrying in their own circle, I don't think they've gone so low as outright incest. Being vaguely related to all your potential marriage partners is one thing. Marrying your sister is entirely different. For what I consider incest, I think first cousin is pushing it, and anything past that is not a big deal (ie second cousin onward). For me it has more to do with how close the characters are, not necessarily in blood relations. If two people who are not related were raised together as siblings, that would count for incest(ish) with me. Two people who are first cousins but never knew it (or each other), doesn't squick me nearly as much.