What's your fic poison? + a poll

[51stcenturyfox]

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

Comments

[eviinsanemonkey.livejournal.com]

I warn for Slash on my LJ only because I have friends who may stumble on and want to read something and not want to read slash. I used to warn on FFN, now I don't bother and just mention pairings 'cause you get flamed either way. And since I mostly post to pairing specific comms, warning for slash would be silly...

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's the specific comms thing. Obvious pairing is obvious!

Which fandoms do you write for... a lot, right? Are there any where there is very little slash fic?

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

I think putting "male name/male name" when listing pairings is all the slash warning anyone needs. Even if you have unisex names, people know who the characters are in their fandom. Even if multifandom communities, you have to list the fandom, and if you're reading for a fandom you don't know for whatever reason and are shocked to find that Sam and Chris are both women, then you should probably be doing a bit more research before reading a fic without knowing the source material. Especially since slash is more prevalent in some fandoms than others - who knows, Sam/Chris might be the big fandom OTP.

[eviinsanemonkey.livejournal.com]

Uh...probably, but I can't think of 'em right now...'cause, yeah, a lot...lol

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Sam/Chris. I'd be lost there, unless I knew the fandom, and if I didn't know it... why would I be reading fic about these characters?

Shepherd/McKay? If I'm not in SG-1 fandom, how would I know the gender of these people? (But same principle).

Mulder/Scully is often abbreviated to MSR for Mulder/Scully romance. But if you're in X-Files fandom, you know this already.

And here's another question

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Because I can't edit a post with a poll in it or the poll goes funky.

If there is an OC in a pairing, do you want to know if it's a female or male OC before you read the story?

[lynnenne]

I stick pretty closely to my preferred pairings: Spike/Angel or Spike/Connor (Jossverse), Jack/John or Owen/Gwen (Torchwood), David/Jack (Kings), Brian/Justin (QaF), JM/VK or JM/GDL (RPS), occasionally House/Wilson (House). I'll give other pairings a try, if it's a writer I really like; but even then, it's pretty rare.

Re: And here's another question

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Yes. Preferably. (I just realized I failed to do that myself. Bad me.)

[babykid528.livejournal.com]

I love smut (I'm definitely reading mostly het lately)!

And I don't usually warn either. I warned M/M Incest in one of my most recent fics, because of the incest, and the fic right before that I actually warned for het, lol!

Re: And here's another question

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I've done that too, actually. But I'm pretty sure I put slash in the description.

Time agents. They're omnisexual. Expect anything!

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Fun poll, although I just realized I could pick more than one answer. so far, 0 say they don't read that smut! hee. I don't know why, but I was surprised to see most people prefer slash, so far. Thanks for the news re: GDL.

I'll try any pairing and I'm going to go over to the porn battle and read Tosh/Rhys right now (was that yours, can't remember), because I can't wait to see how that one plays out.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

...and that's why I know where to go for a Spike/Angel fix. :D

You do have a fair amount of fandom stuff to read. If someone likes an unusual pairing in one fandom and is focused on that, it's pretty hard to find anything to read unless you try other pairings.

There doesn't really seem to be a ton of Owen/Gwen fic, actually. Maybe I'm just not aware of it.

[dvanulya.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't think I've ever warned for slash. I just assume that it's TW, there must be slash, and everyone must know that.

As far as pairings, while I love me some Jack/Ianto, and really don't like Jack/Gwen or Ianto/Gwen, I will read other pairings. And even write them, too, apparently. But in the end, it always comes back to Jack/Ianto for me.

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's one of those things that always comes up, especially when you talk about this in the Torchwood fandom where slash is practically default. "But what about the multifandom communities?!?!!" Um... they probably aren't going to read fics that aren't about their fandoms anyway?

Oh, yeah, characters who typically go by last names. Who the hell knows what gender they are.

Re: And here's another question

[dvanulya.livejournal.com]

You know, sometimes I like to be surprised. And I'm writing a surprise fic right now for TBB.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

...so far, 0 say they don't read that smut!

Well, this is my journal, after all. :D It's a pornateria!


Yesss, that was mine. It's kinda long. Needed the setup for that one. ;)

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I go through het and slash phases. I like them both. And threesomes. Whatever.

It really depends on the fandom. I prefer Spike/Buffy but certainly like Angel/Spike as well.

[dvanulya.livejournal.com]

I appreciate het warnings.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, kind of obvious for Torchwood fans. Because. Torchwood!

Will you read Jack/Ianto/Gwen (or someone else, like Jack/Ianto/Owen)? Or does that make you think... er, no thank you!

I will really read any pairing people come up with. If it's sexy. :D

[babykid528.livejournal.com]

I go through het and slash phases. I like them both. And threesomes. Whatever. Exactly!

Right now I'm hardcore into NCIS (Gibbs/Abby) and Harry Potter again (Snape/Hermione, though they become a threesome very easily for me *just add a Malfoy* lol!)

But I love BSB slash, House/Wilson, West Wing slash (and het)... it really does depend on my mood. Lately I've been focused on living vicariously through het!fic. lol!! :-)

It totally depends on fandom!

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

When it comes to Torchwood, I will read any pairing if it's well written, and I'll write anything that strikes my fancy. But in the end, it's all about the Jack/Ianto, so I know the feeling.

And I don't read J/I just for the sake of it being J/I, it has to be well written, too (or cater to my kinks, because I've read some really shitty fics for the sake of them having my kink!).

Re: And here's another question

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I like being surprised too.

But I like het/slash/femslash. For people who WON'T read het... I'd hate to freak them out mid-story with surprise hetsexing. :)

[babykid528.livejournal.com]

I try to make it a point to warn like that when I have multiple pairings in a fic, especially when I know I'm posting to primarily slash (or ship specific) comms! It's only fair, so people can skip it over if it's not their cup of tea.

[lynnenne]

No, there really isn't. :(

Oh, and I'll also read Buffy/Angel/Spike. And Buffy/Gunn. And occasionally Buffy/Connor. Wow, I'm more diversified than I thought!

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

How and Well Written Trumps Everything.

I know what you're thinking, but the answer to that is that only buft is hot OR well-written for that pairing because anything else is so OOC.

Otherwise: Bring it on.