Snowflake Challenge: Themes and Motifs
Share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme
First, I gotta ask, and this isn't a criticism at all - am I the only person in fandom who doesn't care that much about sex? It would never, ever occur to me to read a fic specifically for a kink, or have a long conversation about which characters secretly want to do it, or who I'd fuck, kill, marry. Maybe that's why I'm more of a fandom outlier these days. Now, I do not judge anyone - you (universally) love what you love, and that's cool. It's just not something I personally care about. And I rarely read kinky stuff in fic. Or R-rated fics at all, really. (Which isn't to say the media I consume is squeaky clean. Some of it's on the tamer side, but some of it decidedly NOT tame. Looking at you, Fifty Shades of Furrowed Brows/Earth's Children.) Anyway, I'd love to know if there are any other non-kinky buzzkills out there. ;)
As far as motifs and tropes in ORIGINAL works go, I definitely like worlds where at least a few characters generally get along. There *are* exceptions - for instance, I loved 30 Rock, and none of the characters are overly sympathetic or really rooting for each other. But even then, you still at least have Liz and Jack, and Tracy and Kenneth, and Dot Com and Grizz. (I would've watched a Dot Com and Grizz spinoff.) I'm not averse to characters having conflicts here and there at all, because isn't that what makes a storyline good? Conflict? Still, it's easier to relate to the characters when they're pointing their guns at a common enemy rather than each other.
I also like to see worlds where there's more than one kickass leading lady. I feel so many works in the past especially have really just made do with one character is kickass, and everyone else is a bland or cliche female character. It's always nice to see more women sharing the spotlight.
With respect to fanworks, I love fanworks that explore backstory, missing moments, alternative POVs, minor characters, speculation on future canon events, stuff like that. Which is probably the biggest reason I'm not so into kinks - it's just not what I'm here for, usually.
First, I gotta ask, and this isn't a criticism at all - am I the only person in fandom who doesn't care that much about sex? It would never, ever occur to me to read a fic specifically for a kink, or have a long conversation about which characters secretly want to do it, or who I'd fuck, kill, marry. Maybe that's why I'm more of a fandom outlier these days. Now, I do not judge anyone - you (universally) love what you love, and that's cool. It's just not something I personally care about. And I rarely read kinky stuff in fic. Or R-rated fics at all, really. (Which isn't to say the media I consume is squeaky clean. Some of it's on the tamer side, but some of it decidedly NOT tame. Looking at you, Fifty Shades of Furrowed Brows/Earth's Children.) Anyway, I'd love to know if there are any other non-kinky buzzkills out there. ;)
As far as motifs and tropes in ORIGINAL works go, I definitely like worlds where at least a few characters generally get along. There *are* exceptions - for instance, I loved 30 Rock, and none of the characters are overly sympathetic or really rooting for each other. But even then, you still at least have Liz and Jack, and Tracy and Kenneth, and Dot Com and Grizz. (I would've watched a Dot Com and Grizz spinoff.) I'm not averse to characters having conflicts here and there at all, because isn't that what makes a storyline good? Conflict? Still, it's easier to relate to the characters when they're pointing their guns at a common enemy rather than each other.
I also like to see worlds where there's more than one kickass leading lady. I feel so many works in the past especially have really just made do with one character is kickass, and everyone else is a bland or cliche female character. It's always nice to see more women sharing the spotlight.
With respect to fanworks, I love fanworks that explore backstory, missing moments, alternative POVs, minor characters, speculation on future canon events, stuff like that. Which is probably the biggest reason I'm not so into kinks - it's just not what I'm here for, usually.