random fanfic/fandom rant

[meganbmoore]

Actually been trying out some fanfic lately instead  of just reading summaries. Nothing really new here, but...

(pretty much all anime/manga because hey, it's my life lately, though a few other things get mentioned)

I like canon.  I'm not quite a canon nazi, but unless canon is flatout BAD(in which case, why bother with the fandom anyway?) I see

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[chomiji]

Well, you know that I like Shinrei ... .

(BTW, is there something in the air re fanfic rants? xskadi had a somewhat similar rant on her LJ just a ocuple of days ago.)

meganb, I hope you know I was busting your chops with that particular Saiyuki fic ... I actually thought it was kind of sweet, but I didn't seriously expect you to go for it!

I figure one or maybe two major McGuffins (introduced story elements) per fanfic is about as much as I can take - and each change to a character's personality is its own McGuffin. I will have to say that my tolerance for things that take advantage of lack of information is pretty high: we never see Kougaiji paired with anyone in the story (no, really, we don't), so that's a blank page for me, waiting to be filled - giving the idea of Kou/Doku a 1-McGuffin rating for me. (By counterexample, a story that's completely in canon doesn't need to be spotted any McGuffins.) So if the only "out there" premise is yes, Gojyo and Hakkai are having a physical relationship, I can deal with it pretty

[meganbmoore]

*makes note to go check out that rant after she eats*

Oh, I know you never actually expected me to read that particular fanfic, but since I did bring up that one kind of fanfic...

Kou/Yaone isn't flatout canon, but it's pretty heavily implied(see his jealousy anytime she talks to Hakkai, for example)

I'm neutral on Gojyo/Hakkai having a physical relationship because, while it's not my thing, there's nothing to go against it in canon(though, as I said in another comment here, I don't really think Hakkai is capable of having a romantic relationship with someone)

The thing about the social imbalances thing is that I LOVE guardian/ward etc relationships...but I love them as what they ARE, not as fodder for slash. I'm actually scared to bring up some of the relationships because people tend to immediately go off on "guardian/ward forever!!!!"

[chomiji]

(And apropos of all that, did you ever read this on mine?)

[meganbmoore]

Actually yes, I did(and thought I'd commented but apparently not) I love Kousuke(poor, underused girl)

One actually wonders why she doesn't just chain Yukimura to the house and make him responsible at times(though A) he'd likely enjoy it and B) He'd just use his wiles to get out of it anyway, but you know the idea has to have occurred to her at least once)

[forgottenpolish]

*whistles* Thats a long post...

When I was just looking at my eye caught this one word "Kazuya" and I went KAME!!!!!!!!!!! *yeah I'm sad buts ok you still love me right?*

[meganbmoore]

lol...it would be interesting if you watched S-Cry-ed then.

And hey, I make long posts...it's one of my things...

[prozacpark]

I can understanding liking a show/book despite hating the main character. I tend to not be fond of protagonists in a lot of TV shows, sometimes to the point of hating them. But it doesn't start out that way...usually, the concept is what grabs me and I don't mind the main characters, but as time goes by, they start to grate on my nerves. But usually, by that time, I've gotten attached to other non-main characters and so I keep watching. Or I still like the concept or the plot.

And I'm with you on just not getting the male pregnancy fic. The whole point seems to be to take a slash ship and put them into traditional gender roles...in that case, why not just write/read het? So, yeah. Although, I have to say that I don't like pregnancy plots, period. Unless it's really well done, which is rare. But I would never read a fanfic dealing with that topic.

[meganbmoore]

I get eventually being irritated with the main characters and being hooked on the thing as a whole bythen, its just that it seems that, to get into something, you usually need to at least somewhat like the person it all centers around.

Male pregnancy/genderswapping fic seems to be fic writers just trying to say "Look, I'm not just another slasher, I do different things in my fic"