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3rd August - thinky thoughts

Aug 03, 2009 01:36

I've been thinking about this for a while, but I've been stirred into action by mrstotten 's recent post querying about the definitions of gen and het and slash.

My question is, why do you / don't you read certain types of fic?

I am a shipping whore, and read gen / het / slash / femmeslash / combinations of the above - it really just depends on the writing ( Read more... )

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ibroketuesday August 3 2009, 01:01:15 UTC

I only read fic where I feel fannishly passionate about the characters ( ... )

blualbino August 3 2009, 01:02:56 UTC

I think I'm more like you, I read pretty much anything that interests me, which, right now, is mostly slash, but I have and do read gen and het, occasionally femslash. So, um, not good with the whys. Right now it's mostly slash 'cause of my main 'ships.

emerald_embers August 3 2009, 01:36:07 UTC

My question is, why do you / don't you read certain types of fic?I may as well admit, when I started out, I HATED het (I thought it was boring and soppy and blech), didn't 'get' femslash, and only read slash ( ... )

_whee_ August 3 2009, 01:57:51 UTC

You know, I haven't read any femmeslash before. That's kinda weird.

I'll read anything that's well written. Even if it's not in a fandom I'm in. I've read a few SGA fics and I've never seen an episode of the show. They were well written and funny.

Basically, if it holds my attention, I'll read it, regardless of pairing or whatnot. Though pairing does help.

_whee_ August 3 2009, 08:05:42 UTC

I just remembered..if a fic is in second person, I won't read it. It's the whole "you" thing of it that makes me think the author is telling me what to do and that makes me irrationally angry. Nobody tells me what to do.

Besides, I don't think I've read one that makes me think that the you isn't supposed to be me.

rogueslayer452 August 3 2009, 02:18:30 UTC

My question is, why do you / don't you read certain types of fic?

That's an interesting and excellent question. For me, it pretty much depends on the fandom and the characters involved, I won't go reading something that has characters or a pairing I don't care for unless it's incredibly well-written and it's strongly recommended by others. But even though I may only read it when the mood strikes, and that's just me personally ( ... )