[ SECRET POST #2926 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2926 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 036 secrets from Secret Submission Post #418.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

I don't particularly mind canon deviations, but i mean like coffee shop AUs and the like. Plus half the time the characters are different enough from their canon counterparts that it might as well be original fic anyway.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

DA I agree with this. Coffee shop AUs are effing ridiculous.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

This. They're also just so boring

-anon who complained about coffee shop AUs upthread

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[lb_lee]

You know, I was concerned that coffeeshop fics weren't a thing anymore, because one of the series I write is about the NPC girl who actually WORKS in the coffeehouse in all of those fics.

I'm glad to know this cliche is still in full force.

(Though seriously, why is it always COFFEESHOPS? Or bakeries, apparently that's a thing now. But seriously, you'd think there'd be more Retail Hell AUs, since that's what most teenagers I knew had experience in.)

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

even fanfic couldn't make retail compelling or cutesy

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Challenge accepted. I can't promise cutesy, but I'll aim straight for compelling.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[lb_lee]

I dunno, I love my copy of Tales from the SecureMarket.

But I'm a real sucker for slice-of-life stuff crossed with spec fic. Stories about a coffeeshop? Boring. Stories about the coffeeshop in every fanfic, where there are Bromance Anonymous meetings and gods come in to trash the place every Thursday? GIVE IT TO ME.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[diet_poison]

hey, it could be a nice way for people who work retail to put a fun spin on it.

And it's more about the character interactions (to me) than anything else. I'm not looking for "John saw that they were running low on decaf, so he started another pot" or "Sarah spent the next half an hour re-hanging shirts from the fitting room". I'm looking for stuff like "John accidentally tipped over the decaf pot and Ralph slipped and fell on his ass, and they both laughed" or "Laura was white-faced after dealing with a particularly abrasive customer, and Sarah gave her a pep talk in the break room over a bag of Cheetos"...better-written than that, of course, but I really like those slice-of-life bonding experiences.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

Though seriously, why is it always COFFEESHOPS?

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