navel-gazing fandom meta

[wisteria_]

writercon is apparently in full swing! I'll probably head over there in an hour or two. I like having it in my own city -- I can meet all these fabulous new people, then come back here and be totally alone again. As I get older, I find myself appreciating *quiet* and being alone a lot more.

Last night I had a lovely dinner with scarlettgirl and timeofchange, in which we kept

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[minim_calibre]

WHEE! OMG, I'm having a Repo Man Plate o' Shrimp moment!!!

If you've never heard the term, it means a plotline or concept in fic that you can't resist, no matter how bad the story is. Bonus points if the kink is a bit embarrassing. ;) For me, it would have to be babyfic. Yup, I admit it. Babyfic is usually, uh, not very good; god knows I've written bad babyfic before! But I am utterly unable to resist it, no matter the fandom, pairing, or plausibility. I hate seeing babies on TV shows, but I'm often fascinated not by the babies themselves, but by how adult, non-baby-loving characters react to it. If I see a baby in a story, I *have* to read it. So yeah, there's my bulletproof kink. What's yours? ;)

I was *just* confessing my babyfic thing to sathinks last night. And I think asking her to stage an intervention, because when you combine a sick fondness for it with having an Actual Baby in the house to mine for data???

Oh, lord.

Save me from myself is all I have to say.

[shakatany]

My problem with BSG is that I don't get the Sci-Fi Channel (and there may be others in the same boat so it has a smaller audience to begin with) and though I have friends who would tape it for me I have too many memories of the original BSG which we used to call Garbagestar Exlaxia and whose sequel, "Galactica 1980" whas IMHO the worst scifi show ever.

In fanfic my biggest kink is hurt/comfort stories which I'm a sucker for and have been ever since the days of ST fanzines that arrived via snailmail.

Shakatany

[lisalamona]

Hey, did you call last night? I don't know if I'm going over tonight (285 sucks) but I'll be there in the morning.
I too love Babyfic. I also feel incredibly guilty about it. It makes me want to hide in shame.

[daera23]

bulletproof kink: voyeurism

one character watching the actions of another, or a third party observing the interactions of your favorite pair.

bonus points when sex is included.

[lyssie]

hrm... I think I'm discovering that general fic without pairings and smut and Dramuh is my bulletproofkink.