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[psychofilly]

I don't like fic where men cry. Manful tearing up, or holding back tears, even wet eyes that men would deny to their dying day or wobbly chins I can handle. Sobbing men, or men that cry at the drop of a hat... no so much. I like hurt/comfort with my slash, but neither Rodney nor John are 14 year old girls. Those that write them like that, please

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[shangri__la]

Great. Now I'm think of Emo!Sam. *points to icon*

[psychofilly]

LOLZ, but Emo!Sam rocks! The show writers write them like that and it's dern funneh. On SGA, Rodney was dying, and all John could manage was the bright eyes and face scrunchy thing of manfull woe.

These men don't fall on their knees and weep into each others chests because the other is upset at them. Jeeze! And apparently I hit upon a string of bad emo-porn fics and it just made me scratch my head and ask "The fuck?"

Hee! I loved that episode! Bitchcakes!Sam is also a favorite.

[primad]

That icon still makes me weep big salty tears...of joy!

[asleeper]

I agree so much. Especially when its a male character that doesn't cry that much, and then they're sobbing over nothing. It makes me uncomfortable and less sexually attracted to the character. Men that cry are not cute.

[psychofilly]

Yes, exactly! Rodney is written to have cried a few times, but they are mainly panicked, "Oh God, I'm gonna die!" frustrated tears. And they go unacknowledged by the character. And when the time comes he steps up manfully.

Maybe it's a stereotype, and I certainly don't like men that are so closed off that they are impenaterable. If a character cries, the story needs to set up something extreme, like non-con or death. It bugs me otherwise.

[primad]

Not. Just. You. (tm)

My tolerance barometer is this: If I wouldn't cry under the circumstances? Neither would John or Rodney.

This letter has been brought to you by the letter "B" as in Becky has been reading entirely too much badfic.

It's been lean again in these parts, hasn't it?

[psychofilly]

My tolerance barometer is this: If I wouldn't cry under the circumstances? Neither would John or Rodney.

God, yes. Also, if teh hubby, dad or grand-dad wouldn't cry in this situation... and I've seen each do it, but it took something huge, like the death of a wife/mom what have you, to do it. I consider Dave a cryer (and the woman in the relationship, but shh, don't tell him that), still... even then... some of the fics I've seen have put his tendencies to shame.

It's been lean again in these parts, hasn't it?Not really, but I'm sure a lot of the fics I've been reading aren't all new. I've added a lot to my memories rec list this week, but it hasn't all been McShep. There was a rather lovely Miko/Laura just yesterday... and I'd found some offshoots and sequels to some faves that I didn't know existed. (genderfuckery is fast becoming a kink

[primad]

You know, I think I'm spoiled rotten because when I first started reading in this fandom everything was new. I don't think I popped my head up for like three weeks straight.

On the other hand, I'm not admitting to having a favorites folder labelled "Badfic that I won't admit to reading". *g*

genderfuckery is fast becoming a kink.

There are things I never thought I'd ever like until I started reading in this fandom. If anyone ever said that I'd like an AU where they dropped the characters into completely different environments/lives/whatever, I would have thought they were crazy. But then I go read John and Rodney have kid!fic and I like it.

(speaking of fic...just how is the priest!John to the rescue story coming? *iz shameless*)

Also, John... he is not that cute. I mean, omg yes. He's fine, fine-ass man-meat, but I hate the rose colored glasses people see all the characters through. Neither is Rodney beautiful and perfect, and I like the jiggly bits, and the fact that John is a little soft even though he's perfectly trim.