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⌈ Secret Post #6382 ⌋

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Your reading trends

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have tropes you look for no matter the fandom, or are your tropes or kinks more fandom based?

I definitely have overall trends I like, but within each fandom there has been a trope or kink or two that I only wanted for that specific fandom or character.

Re: Your reading trends

[kaijinscendre]

For original fiction, psychological horror.

For fanfic, sugar daddy AUs encapsulate a lot of kinks that I love (praise kink, devotion, daddy kink, etc). Hurt/Comfort is my most bookmarked trope. I also like mob boss AUs.

I can't think of any specific tropes I only like for certain fandoms. I can only think of tropes that I'll read for any fandom (even ones I don't know, lol).

Re: Your reading trends

[philstar22]

Some of each. There are some things I look for in any fandom. But there are also things I only like with specific fandoms or characters.

Like, I'm usually super into praise kink and hate humiliation sorts of things. But there is one pairing (Hux/Kylo from Star Wars) where I like a mix of both. Because it feels super in character for them. I still need some praise, but some of the other side works well very often.

Re: Your reading trends

[(Anonymous)]

For some reason I was really into Derek Hale being pregnant. I have never cared about mpreg before or since. Teen Wolf was a weird time for me.

Re: Your reading trends

[(Anonymous)]

I can’t think of any tropes or kinks that are limited to just one fandom. I tend to get into a fandom because it has the things I like, not the other way around.

Re: Your reading trends

[(Anonymous)]

More fandom based.
I do have some kinks that are mostly universal but they still can get stuck on unsuitable for them world building / characters

It really depends on the writers

[(Anonymous)]

There have been some amazing writers in some fandoms I've been in that made me give certain tropes or kinks a try that I never would have looked for or clicked on. A solid writer can make anything worth reading. But generally I have overarching tropes I like, and then characterizations and fandom specific tropes. The idea of just looking for the same exact thing in every different fandom is pretty funny to me.

What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

Or what "loved" tropes do you hate?

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I hate coffee shop AUs.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I love friends to lovers.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[kaijinscendre]

I actually enjoy ABO. Not all types, but many.

I am not a huge fan of soulmate tropes where the characters have like... first words or eye colors changes and whatnot.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not a fan od constant, petty bickering and fighting; that does not say UST or "true love" to me. Even worse is when it's one-sided sniping that the other does not seem to enjoy.

I also don't like it when a female character is mean to her male love interest, or even borders on being abusive to him, but it's treated as OK because it just shows that she's "feisty" and it's a sign of Love.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

High School/College AUs in fandoms where characters aren't American, but it's American high school/college.

Especially college, which doesn't even mean the same thing as American college in many, many places.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I hate it when sugar daddies are awesome partners. Like sure, law of large numbers, but if a guy is paying money instead of having a relationship he's probably not great at having relationships.

(And also I'd rather read the messed up version.)

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I love Babies Ever After and kid fic.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

I love a good long generic any-two-guys fic where they drift so far from anything resembling canon you can't even tell by the end. I can't enjoy them in fandoms where I know what the characters and worldbuilding are actually supposed to be like, but there's a few fandoms where I've carefully avoided doing that so I can keep blithely rereading the generic OOC slash epics.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

Virgin first time no matter the logic
Gay only for you
Wedding
Sickfic about colds
There's only one bed. Or I used to love it. I haven't read this one in a while.
Coffee shops

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[(Anonymous)]

Genderbending and happy to be transformed, not in the socially correct trans all along way either.

Re: What "hated" tropes in fic do you absolutely love?

[meadowphoenix]

love triangles, though i'm very specific about them, and always get a spark of joy when they turn into throuples.

It's weird, but I've noticed that Men Being Super Gross is a common relationship complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

From the women in their lives, usually. Like it's REALLY common - men who piss on toilet seats and dribble on the floor, men who don't wipe their asses properly and leave nasty skidmarks on their underwear and even the bedsheets*, men who don't shower regularly, don't wash their genitalia properly, don't brush their teeth, etc. What gives? Has this been your experience?

IME, my dad can be a little gross and will totally do stuff like pick his nose or reach into his pants for a vigorous ball scratch and then continue preparing food WITHOUT WASHING HIS HANDS (we loudly call him out and he just laughs like it's funny), or he'll "forget" to flush after using the toilet. But my brother doesn't do any of these things and has pretty tidy habits. I'd say he's actually tidier than I am, though neither of us are obsessive neat freaks. But I've dated guys or had guy friends who were... yeesh. Not full-on shit-stains bad, but definitely "haven't washed these jeans for two months and haven't showered for a week and still went out in public to socialize in groups" bad.


* This one is so common I find it truly distressing. Some of the weird explanations given was that they don't believe in using soap and washing their own buttholes because it's gay, or they think that leaving poop streaks everywhere is normal and one of those unavoidable guy things. Needless to say, these Poop Streak Bandits are not the ones doing the laundry, either. Like... what the fuckety fuck, you guys?

Re: It's weird, but I've noticed that Men Being Super Gross is a common relationship complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

I can understand getting a little sloppy here or there, or skipping a shower day because you didn't sweat or touch waste, but... I just can't imagine NOT wiping or washing one's ass properly. Nobody wants to see your dingleberries, bro.

I imagine most guys do maintain a decent standard of hygiene, and the ones who don't have partners who complain about it loudly (as they should). Personally, I couldn't stay with someone who doesn't respect themselves or their partner enough to not pass shitty germs to me and give me an infection or something (and I'm not a germophobe! I very rarely use disinfectant or antibacterial anything, but goddamnit, I do know to use soap all over!).

Re: It's weird, but I've noticed that Men Being Super Gross is a common relationship complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

It comes up in the Am I The Asshole reddit regularly, and the overwhelming response to the woman who's posting is no, you're not the asshole, he's not going to change, the bar for men is so low it's in hell, dump him and find someone else or stay single.

Re: It's weird, but I've noticed that Men Being Super Gross is a common relationship complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a common relationship complaint online.

I think this is an important distinction to make. Yes, there are many men who are gross; but there are also many men who are very clean, and many women who are gross. On the internet, the tendency is for people to complain about gross men, and less so about gross women. Since negativity is rewarded more than positivity, you're also more likely to see kvetching than praise.

Personally, the man in my life has some issues with tidiness -- but that's largely due to him having ADHD, not due to his gender. He definitely brushes his teeth, showers regularly, and washes his bits and ass.

Re: It's weird, but I've noticed that Men Being Super Gross is a common relationship complaint.

[(Anonymous)]

Some factors that I wonder about…

- the increasing ability for women to freely complain about hygiene standards in their male partners
- the rise in men specifically embracing a higher level of basic physical care and polished presentation as a masculine pursuit (rather than being dismissed as “sissy” or “gay”)
- the backlash against this form of “performing masculinity”, specifically rejecting cleanliness as a way of being “a real man”

[Note: I don’t know what I’m talking about in any kind of systemic way. I’m just trying to articulate trends I think I’ve anecdotally witnessed over the last few decades.]