[ SECRET POST #3042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3042 ⌋

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

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Comments

[ex_mek82]

I'm the same way. Back when I tried to write fan fiction myself (and did horribly at it, I might add), I generally avoided reading fan fic by other people -barring friends-, since I didn't want to subconsciously rip anyone else off. That's still pretty much the case now that I'm slowly starting to develop my original fiction more, but I also have to admit... a lot of the trends in fan fic these days, much less the last 2-4 years- just aren't my cup of tea.

(Not that it matters, since every idea I've had that started off as "Oh, I kinda want to write a fan fic about this!" quickly turned to "I'll use this for an original story instead" for one reason or another. Usually longer-form/multi-chapter ideas, rather than short, done-in-one plot ideas)

[(Anonymous)]

I feel the same way about recent trends, which is why I usually stick to older fic from rec lists for older fandoms nowadays. What kinds of recent trends are the ones that you don't care for?

[ex_mek82]

Can't say I care for people putting all kinds of inane stuff in the tags on places like AO3 and whatnot is one. That's a huge turn-off, and the rare few times I have read stories with nonsensical tags, they... haven't really been all that good. (Harsh, I know)

I'm also not particularly fond of the occasional trend at the story going full-stop for the author to go on an Author Tract-y tirade, oftentimes derailing the character who's acting as the writer's mouthpiece about a certain social justice-y issue. Like this one time, I briefly glanced at a GOTG fanfic where I *think* Rocket, of all the characters, was correcting someone on using proper pronouns (in relation to Groot, IIRC. It was mentioned here on FS ages ago, so I looked for it out of morbid curiosity) and I couldn't have hit the back button hard enough there.

And then there's the second-person, self-insert Reader/[Insert canon character here] stories that are all over the place. I first saw them on DeviantArt of all places, and while it's probably the most pablum-y thing fanfiction has ever come up with, the concept alone and the variants I've come across just gives me strong second-hand embarrassment for some reason.