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So... fanfic readers: does anyone else have a genre of fanfic that is totally not their type, that it makes absolutely no sense they'd be into, that they nevertheless adore?

Here's mine: John/Rodney SGA fic.

Which, as mentioned, makes no sense whatsoever.

1) It's slash. I don't like slash (I'm a gen-fic person).

2) It's a show that (until recently) I knew absolutely nothing about. In fact, when I started reading it, I knew absolutely nothing about the Stargate franchise.

And yet...



The thing about John/Rodney fic is that it's fic that lives and dies entirely on snarky conversations between its main characters. And even when I didn't know anything about these characters (other than that they starred in snarky slash fics), the prospect of reading them arguing some more was so appealing that I clicked on every fic I could find. Still do.

I have read John-is-secretly-into-Rodney fic, and Rodney-is-secretly-into-John fic. I have read coffee-shop AUs, college lecturer AUs, and high school AUs. I have read action adventure extravaganzas, and intimate evenings at home. (And I'm not into any of those things, in any fanfics that aren't this lot! Really!) And I love them all.

It is a genre of fanfic that I adore, despite it contradicting my every taste in fanfic.



Does anyone else have one of those?

Date: 2020-12-06 02:54 am (UTC)
lonespark: Cassidy from "Far Beyond the Stars" (Default)
From: [personal profile] lonespark
This is a fascinating question and I'm sure I have answers but they're not coming easily at the moment.

There are definitely many things I've gotten into because I read the writer's other work and then consumed everything they produced. Or read because the writer is a friend.

I guess one thing might be sort of the opposite of yours: fic with slash pairings where the couple isn't really in the story and it's genfic about their kids. Best example I have is The Rhodes-Stark Parent Trap by AmarieMelody, which is a WIP: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11513736/chapters/25838667

It's a kind of story I might seek out in other fiction, but not fanfic.

There's also a general rule where if I'm not into a ship, if in the fic one or more of the characters are trans I'll give it a shot. Also sometimes if it's cis white people in canon they're genderbent, racebent, or disabled in the fic (and not canon. Is there a word for that?).
Edited Date: 2020-12-06 02:55 am (UTC)

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