What's your fic poison? + a poll

[51stcenturyfox]

Hey, Gareth David-Lloyd i[Poll #1383064][Poll #1383064]

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[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

I've never thought to warn for slash. I figure giving the pairing and rating makes it pretty clear that you may or may not want to read it. The main thing I warn for is for lack of Spuffyness, since that's my main focus and if I'm going to throw a Spander or Spack in there, I figure I'd better let my regular readers know that it's not going to be Spuffy. I find myself reading more and more gen fic now - the story being more important to me than the pairing(s) involved. A good writer can probably make me believe any (reasonable) pairing throughout the course of a good story - and if he/she can't make me believe it, then I probably won't finish reading it anyway. I don't seek out other pairings, but I'll read them if I trust the author.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah... actually I do know Spike/Buffy readers who will NOT read anything else (ditto Spike/Angel, etc).

And I've got to catch up on Knowing and Watching - and you have a comprehensive summary for that! (But I tend to read longer series when they're finished.) :)

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Well, like I said, I don't seek out other pairings (and I have my ewwww - squicks), but I don't refuse to read them. It just may take a bit more work on the part of the author to convince me it's real. lol

The comprehensive summary is just because it's the third fic set in an AU. The first two fics are quite long, and I don't feel like I can say "go read these two very long fics before you read this one" so I just summarized them as best I could to bring new readers up to speed on where Spike and Buffy are and why.