Fanfic trope Grading

[galadhir]

stolen from dragongirlg, ask me about tropes!

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.
B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.
C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.
D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.
F: Hate it. Will immediately make me nope out of a fic.

Comments

[galadhir]

Yes, I'm firmly in the camp of 'there isn't anything I wouldn't read out of curiosity' and also 'well, I may not like this kink myself but isn't it interesting that there are lots of people out there who do.' So I'm not sure I have anything that I feel strongly enough about to be on one side or another of a divide.

But yes, one of my favourite fics ever is a Kylux omegaverse which is basically social commentary and a romance that is about how to reconcile with your own sex and that of someone you're attracted to despite a social script that makes the other person repugnant and/or dangerous to you. So although I don't particularly like a/b/o as a trope in general, I would never deny that they could produce some great stories :)