There are few things more disappointing, in fannish terms, than reading a story that's been pretty good and then hitting that first "taller man" (or "smaller man" or even the so awfully generic "other man"). It's not an automatic click-out for me (though I may actually groan out loud in dismay when I hit it), at least not in smaller fandoms or
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So Merlin has a black rabbit?
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It would be so much more entertaining if I could believe the authors were deliberately fucking with us, because at this point it just sounds like self-parody.
Hee! Would that this were the case!
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Sigh.
Why do so many people who are otherwise great writers do this? Sometimes I think I feel like I found so many amazing writers via fandom that I've become way to much of a writing snob. Then again, what is wrong with wanting it to be great.
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It was in fashion in old school slash back in the 90s I think, and some people have never chosen to move away from it, I guess.
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Drives me a bit batty, but otherwise the writing of what I read is good. Mostly, I don't mind the word He or She and I love the use the person's name :D Names are awesome.
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*for people who identify as men and women, respectively
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