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Slash poll
All right, kids: humour me. Another poll, this one thought up while reading another lj about slash. As before, please fill it out and pimp it in your own lj so I can get a good response. Also, please tell me about why you do/do not read/write slash in comments. Love to all.
[Poll #478509]
[Poll #478509]
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Anyway, I mostly prefer the canon pairings. I'll make some exceptions, like Harry/Ginny in HP. I like them both as characters, but loathe them as a couple - I can't really say why, I just do. Since slash isn't technically canon in HP, I don't usually read it. Occasionally, I'll find a well-written Harry/Severus or Harry/Draco that I simply love, but unfortunately most of them are "Boy likes boy. Boy shags boy. Boy is boy's forever darling. The end!" or something along those lines. What draws me into a fic is mainly the characterisation, the plot and the plausibility. I don't care how brilliantly scripted a fic is, if it has something/someone happening that's phenomenally outrageous (ie Dawn/Dumbledore, and yes I've actually seen that) then I'm dashing for the hills.
For non-canon, same standards apply. In a normal situation, or even an abnormal one, would Ron Weasley leap into bed with Draco Malfoy? Not bloody likely. If that is the pairing, there has to be a believable raison d'être for it. Ditto for Harry/Severus. Hasn't our scathingly sexy Potions Master hated Mr Potter with every fibre of his being for years? D'oh. So why would they even entertain the notion of a relationship? That goes for any other non-canonical pairing. Lori Summers' The Paradigm of Uncertainty sports a Harry/Hermione pairing. I was a tad sceptical at first, but it was so well-written, that I actually forgot I don't like that couple! Ron wasn't being a jealous git either, which I believe has been done to death.
In Anita Blake fics, since they're written from Anita's POV, sometimes it's difficult or nigh impossible to tell who likes whom (or what), so I have plenty of leeway with which to read. I usually only read Asher/Anita, JC/Anita, JC/Anita/Asher and, if it's a crossover, Asher/f, JC/f, Rafael/f, wereleopard/f and werewolf/f. Usually no slash, which is odd considering what AB's all about. *shrugs* Who can fathom my mind? Regardless of pairing, it's got to be plausible.
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Girl meets boy. Girl gets boy into pickle. Boy gets pickle into girl. The end. Yes, I've read that one.
Usually no slash, which is odd considering what AB's all about
Well, if you look at life realistically, the percentage of homosexuality in the general population is about 10 per cent. That's sort of reflected in the AB population. But those HP fics where everyone's shagging in the dorms...
Regardless of pairing, it's got to be plausible.
Yes. *pause* so you won't be reading my Richard/Narcisus fic?
*ducks*
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Or the ones where everyone magically comes out of the closet. *sigh* Those people seem to believe Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is nothing more than a front for Perverts Academy of Kink and Slash.
"*pause* so you won't be reading my Richard/Narcisus fic?"
LMAO! Thanks a bloody ton! I just spewed my fizzy drink all over the moniter, literally!
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Let me just say "ew" and add an "ick" to the R/N. I was just trying to tease :)
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