May 16, 2012 11:03
When I first started watching Glee, I did it with friends telling me that I'd love Quick and they were right. I've shipped them since "SUP, Milf" and that was that. When I started reading fics, though, I saw that a big number of fics were Puck/Kurt, which I didn't ship. Now, I'm a slasher. My slash goggles are almost always on, but I didn't ship Puckurt.
Eventually, the need for Puck fics outgrew my not shipping them and I read them anyway. I fell in love with the pairing and there were times where I honestly wondered if I loved Puckurt more than I loved Quick. They spent a long time tied as my #1 OTP before I split them into Fanon OTP and Canon OTP.
As time has gone on, though, I've seen my love for Puckurt diminishing. There are WIPs I still and will continue to read (no matter how far behind I am right now) and if a fic looks good, I'll read it, but I've come to the realization that I don't really ship them anymore. Rarely, I'll get the warm fuzzies for Puckurt and I know I've basically disappeared from the fandom. I used to be really active over on the LJ comm and I know I'm not anymore. I'm barely over there these days, both because of the diminishing feelings and for personal reasons.
I have Puckurt WIPs (still unposted) that will probably never see the light of day simply because they're unfinished. They're ones that I'm sad to see get shoved to the back, probably to be forgotten, but the Puckurt muses are practically dead. At this point, I ship Puckurt the way I ship Wincest. Don't really care, but if the summary of a fic is good enough, I'll give it a shot.
It's a sad day when I have to face this, but it's time I do. I really just don't ship Puckurt anymore. I still ship my other slash pairs, but not them. You may still see a Fuck or Puckofsky fic out of me every so often, but this may very well be the end of Puckurt. Maybe that will change over time, but as of right now, I don't think it will. I've felt like this for a while.
This doesn't mean that I'll never read another Puckurt fic again. Fics and arts probably won't be coming from me anymore, but there are still some series and authors that I'll continue to follow and read. I just won't be tabbing up every Puckurt fic that comes across my screen anymore.
pairing: puck/kurt