Poll! What kind of fic do you read?

[kate]

This is in no way scientific, but I was curious what y'all read, love, and reread. I'm curious to see if people like to read the same things I do, or if there's as wide a variety as it seems. Assume the writing quality on all is equal; given superior writing, what genres would you like to read?

Like I said, not science, so the 'genres' are based on tags from various communities.

Poll #1623 What kind of fic do you like?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28

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What kinds of fic do you read? (I'm thinking fanfic here, but go broad if you want to.)

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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?

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So if you had to name your top three types of stories, what would they be?

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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?

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So what kind of fic do you go back to again and again, reread multiple times?

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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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Comments

[torachan]

I checked almost everything on the first one, though some of those I read only rarely. I actually have read everything on there, but I did not check stuff I would normally not choose to read (such as H/C), but do end up reading when I read an entire fest or whatever.

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!

[kate]

Hahahaha, I put that up there specifically for you!

[kate]

Oh, and yeah, I felt bad for not breaking things out more - I was considering making transfic separate from genderbender, or trying to find a more inclusive way to put it, but I was uninspired. :(

[torachan]

I do tend to consider them all under the same main umbrella, it's just that while I like transfic and sometimes "always a girl/guy" type stuff, traditional genderswap tends to annoy me more often than not. And yet I continue to read it, hoping I'll find something that doesn't annoy me! (I also do this with so many genderbender manga, which usually end up annoying me, too.)

[kate]

You are more diligent than I. There are a few people that write always a girl/guy fic that I like, but more because of their style (wintercreek comes to mind) than anything. Sometimes I regret being so picky, but then I think about how limited my reading time is (nearly non-existent these days) and wait for recs.

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.

[torachan]

I've read one or two mpregs that were okay, but usually even the ones that don't follow the usual mpreg tropes still are not right for me because they gloss over the how, which I just...can't. I have a major block in that if you're going to tell me a cisgender, non-intersex man gets pregnant, I have to know how this can happen! But the point of mpreg for people who like mpreg is not the how, but what happens during pregnancy, and often the baby afterwards.

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!

[kate]

Oh, we've talked about mpreg before - I want your fic! That's exactly my problem with mpreg too, I can't give up the anatomy problem, so handwaving it will never work for me.

I think you've got a fairly loyal following that'd go with you on a non-trope mpreg. I certainly will!

[torachan]

Oh, have we? I can't always keep track of who I've talked about what with. ^_^;; (Especially when it's a subject I like to rant about!)

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.