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smallhobbit) wrote2013-09-10 06:01 pm
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Thirty Days Meme: Day 17 - Why am I even reading this?
Amidst the excellent topics that Drayce suggested for me to occupy this month was the tropes you like/tropes you hate. I was thinking a bit about that this morning and haven't got a definitive answer, but since it's enough for me to ramble a bit, here goes.
Generally I'm not a fan of AUs. There are some writers who I will read even if they write AUs, in fact there are some writers I will read even if I know nothing about the fandom, I'm looking at you Imp. And Drayce, whose PoI fics dragged me into watching the programmes. But I digress. The trouble with AUs is that I like my characters because of who they are. And who they are in large part is a product of what they have done in the past and what they are doing in the present. Which means that if they are in high school, or running a coffee shop, or working as plumbers, then they're unlikely to be the same people. There's also highly likely to be distinct American strands running through the story, except possibly for the plumbers. So generally I'm likely to swerve away from such fics.
I like some kidfic. After all, the Unexpected Family is kidfic. But it depends on the kids. You know, there may be a reason why both mine moved out as soon as they could. I suppose, as with many fics, the ones that I dislike are those where I feel the writer has thought I'd like to write this sort of story and forced their favourite characters into it. Probably judgemental, but this is my blog, so I shall express my own thoughts.
And, as I've mentioned before, another dislike is the fics where the characters have just decided that they love each other and promptly have mad passionate sex. Or the ones with the healing cock, where character A has been hurt (physically or emotionally) but is instantly made better by having the afore-mentioned mad passionate sex with character B. Now, I may be alone in thinking this, but sex doesn't cure everything. In fact there are times when sex will make things worse.
I quite like werewolves, although that may be because the only werewolf fics I've read were well written. And I like pets, possibly most of the fics that feature them tend to be humourous and I do appreciate good humour. Too many fics take themselves too seriously. And I suspect that sums up something I really do like - if you can make me laugh you are well on the way to making me enjoy your plumber AU in which fitting new toilets in a coffee shop gives rise to all sorts of opportunities.
Generally I'm not a fan of AUs. There are some writers who I will read even if they write AUs, in fact there are some writers I will read even if I know nothing about the fandom, I'm looking at you Imp. And Drayce, whose PoI fics dragged me into watching the programmes. But I digress. The trouble with AUs is that I like my characters because of who they are. And who they are in large part is a product of what they have done in the past and what they are doing in the present. Which means that if they are in high school, or running a coffee shop, or working as plumbers, then they're unlikely to be the same people. There's also highly likely to be distinct American strands running through the story, except possibly for the plumbers. So generally I'm likely to swerve away from such fics.
I like some kidfic. After all, the Unexpected Family is kidfic. But it depends on the kids. You know, there may be a reason why both mine moved out as soon as they could. I suppose, as with many fics, the ones that I dislike are those where I feel the writer has thought I'd like to write this sort of story and forced their favourite characters into it. Probably judgemental, but this is my blog, so I shall express my own thoughts.
And, as I've mentioned before, another dislike is the fics where the characters have just decided that they love each other and promptly have mad passionate sex. Or the ones with the healing cock, where character A has been hurt (physically or emotionally) but is instantly made better by having the afore-mentioned mad passionate sex with character B. Now, I may be alone in thinking this, but sex doesn't cure everything. In fact there are times when sex will make things worse.
I quite like werewolves, although that may be because the only werewolf fics I've read were well written. And I like pets, possibly most of the fics that feature them tend to be humourous and I do appreciate good humour. Too many fics take themselves too seriously. And I suspect that sums up something I really do like - if you can make me laugh you are well on the way to making me enjoy your plumber AU in which fitting new toilets in a coffee shop gives rise to all sorts of opportunities.