Poll! What kind of fic do you read?
Like I said, not science, so the 'genres' are based on tags from various communities.
What kinds of fic do you read? (I'm thinking fanfic here, but go broad if you want to.)
long fic
26 (92.9%)
schort fic
25 (89.3%)
angst
22 (78.6%)
fluff
22 (78.6%)
apocafic
22 (78.6%)
darkfic
20 (71.4%)
genderbender
21 (75.0%)
h/c
23 (82.1%)
schmoop
16 (57.1%)
crackfic
24 (85.7%)
character studies
18 (64.3%)
drama
25 (89.3%)
action
24 (85.7%)
romance
24 (85.7%)
humor
25 (89.3%)
kidfic
15 (53.6%)
pwp
24 (85.7%)
curtainfic
17 (60.7%)
other I will tell you about below
6 (21.4%)
So tell me, what else do you read?
So if you had to name your top three types of stories, what would they be?
long fic
17 (63.0%)
short fic
2 (7.4%)
angst
9 (33.3%)
fluff
1 (3.7%)
apocafic
2 (7.4%)
darkfic
5 (18.5%)
genderbender
5 (18.5%)
h/c
4 (14.8%)
schmoop
0 (0.0%)
crackfic
4 (14.8%)
character studies
3 (11.1%)
drama
8 (29.6%)
romance
11 (40.7%)
action
6 (22.2%)
humor
6 (22.2%)
kidfic
0 (0.0%)
pwp
4 (14.8%)
curtainfic
0 (0.0%)
other I will tell you about below
1 (3.7%)
So tell me, what is it that is your favorite type of fic?
So what kind of fic do you go back to again and again, reread multiple times?
I don't reread
2 (8.0%)
long fic
18 (72.0%)
short fic
8 (32.0%)
angst
10 (40.0%)
fluff
5 (20.0%)
apocafic
6 (24.0%)
darkfic
7 (28.0%)
genderbender
5 (20.0%)
h/c
9 (36.0%)
schmoop
4 (16.0%)
character studies
4 (16.0%)
crackfic
7 (28.0%)
action
9 (36.0%)
drama
12 (48.0%)
romance
12 (48.0%)
humor
11 (44.0%)
kidfic
7 (28.0%)
pwp
9 (36.0%)
curtainfic
5 (20.0%)
other I will tell you about below
5 (20.0%)
So tell me, what kind of fic do you reread over and over again?
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My file of stories I keep on my hard drive would probably tell my shrink a few things about me she doesn't know and no, you may NOT tell her that.
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Of course, I'm talking right out of my hat there, because clearly I haven't seen your fic folder. I'm just curious, I guess. I like to know what pushes people's buttons.
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It's not just story, it's mood too. I think maybe you should think on that as well, missy! ;-)
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These days, most moods make me want to write, not read. I'm still getting used to that.
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But I'll put them up, I think. I don't know that I'll have more than three, but the idea of doing mood-based rec sets makes me happy.
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That's good! Keep that up, we like it!! :-D
Now I've just got to get back into that groove...
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I can kick you, if you want. Gently, I mean.
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He'll come back. He always does. Usually hung-over.
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(I know - when I first heard that term, I thought they meant deathfic - like, 'Curtains for you!')
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Well, since I read a lot of fics from fantasy fandoms -- and fandoms where the canon isn't particularly well fleshed out, like video games -- I also tend to like fanfics with a lot of world-building and meta in them. I'm not sure it really constitutes a genre as such, though.
I also have a spectacular, embarrassing weakness for h/c >_> Don't judge me!
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Hey, there's nothing wrong with h/c! Your kink is o-kay. <3
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One really famous example of a story I've read a half-dozen times is Chicago's Most Wanted, Cesperanza's dueSouth amnesia fic. It's funny, I don't really love most of her SGA fic, I like most of them fine, OK Computer was very enjoyable as well for similar reasons, but I want a story to say life is beautiful in some strong way.
I think all kinds of fic can say that, kink, death fic, threesomes, meant for each other romance, crack--anything.
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And Cesperanza's SGA are some of my favorite, isn't that funny? Beautiful Lifetime Event makes me ridiculously happy, and I enjoy Ordinary Life when I just want to lay around reading something fun. I don't know dueSouth at all, but I might check out that fic just to see what the fuss is about.
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I should dig out my Medium List of SGA fic I Reread Regularly, even though I haven't updated it since about season two.
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And Ordinary Life is Ces and Astolat! Fail, me. Definitely time to do a recs post so I can link links and make up for my fail.
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Also - which
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Devours the Face and Seven Circles Turning
The story I thought was by purna, that was not, was That Will Break You, to which I no longer have a link. But a fantastic story that predated and pwns Last Man Standing seasons before it aired. And left me with a huge thing for John with a Wraith tattoo.
All three are perfect examples of my preference to reread darker, more dramatic fics. Thinking of them reminds me that I really miss when SGA had that frisson of horror, when the Wraith were scary and unbeatable.
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Those were amazing. Just, holy crap. And now I need to watch Project Runway so I can sleep tonight.
I love dark fics. Particularly for first time reads, I prefer darkfic, and not necessarily happy endings, exactly. I like hope, but not... fake happy, if that makes sense. Someone once said of
Rereads, though... unless I'm in a particularly angsty mood (and I love Kashmir for angst, wowza), I usually want the fairytale ending... provided they earned it along the way.
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Medium List of SGA fic I Reread Regularly
YES PLEASE. *begs*
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Also, thanks for an hour or so's worth of excuse to procrastinate on working on the story. ::pulls hair::
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And yay? Or something... I've been ignoring my story too. Time to get my words in for the day.
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Genre is not what makes me read or not read. That said, I am dubious about kidfic, and genderbending tends to rely on sexual stereotypes in a way I dislike.
I try everything in Lotrips, recommended fics in a bunch of other fandoms (SGA, Bandom, Torchwood, Merlin), and occasionally browse further out.
Sadly, I find in other fandoms I prefer AUs or even worse, non-canon stories. If a story is too perfectly fit into canon, I'm not enough of a fan of the show to appreciate in and feel left out.
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I read widely too (thought not nearly as widely as you do!), but when it comes to things I choose out of that lot to reread, I have a particular itch (usually) and it involves having a meaty story with enough conflict that the happy ending is satisfying. Sometimes I'm looking for something else, but that seems to be the thing that I'll read and reread. Maybe I'll do a rec set of my rereads by mood.
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Less specifically, I tend to reread rarepair fic the most. I get hooked hard on rare pairings in a lot of my fandoms (or heck, just rare fandoms!), so I have dozens of stories nearly memorized from constant rereads because they're all that's out there.
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I've been fortunate in my fic writing and reading fandoms that I've fallen in love with popular OTPs. I like rarepairs, but they're not my bread and butter, so I don't feel the lack of those stories as keenly as you and
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My favorite sub-genres are: College, 9to5 Jobs, Cops/Firefighters etc... and Famous People Who Fall in Love and Come Out.
Yeah I'm a little weird.
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I don't think it's weird at all to like AUs in particular. I love them, and I know a ton of people who love them too.
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I chose genderbender as one of my top faves, but only because I would put transfic under there. I am really not a fan of most traditional genderswap fic.
And so far I'm the only one who doesn't reread!
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Someday I'm going to tackle mpreg, just to see if it's ever been done in a way that doesn't make me cringe.
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I have ideas for mpreg I would like to write myself eventually, which will probably be the sort of thing non-mpreg fans will like and mpreg fans will hate, which will make it hard to market!
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I think you've got a fairly loyal following that'd go with you on a non-trope mpreg. I certainly will!
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And yeah, I definitely have people on my flist who would read. It's just when I think about the eventual community posting, etc. I think I probably would not even mention mpreg in the headers. I know it's a standard to warn for it, but I think it would just end up putting people off who might otherwise like it, because they'd assume it would be something it's not.
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I like good fic too - which is why the caveat about good writing...
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okay, so NEVERMIND. I reread AUs.
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Fics I reread tend to follow the traditional romance format - angst, hot sex and a happy ending. They make me feel better about the world when I've had a bad day.
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That's my formula for had-a-bad-day fics too - Strangers on a Six Train and Fashion Victim I reread on a pretty regular basis.