If you could request more of a certain type of fic, which would it be? The things I like best about fics don't prompt well and don't really summarize well, since what I like best are the non-moments and little details and pointless wanderings. Except you can't really prompt those things because then by definition they become the focus of the fic, and the non-moments become moments, the random details unrandom, the pointless wanderings pointed. Like, say I love it when Sam has to read the instructions to figure out how to work a motel's arcane coffee maker (random example; I don't have any particular interest in this scenario, though maybe now I do, XD). I wouldn't actually want to request a fic about that, because what I really want is a random pointless offhand mention of a scene that might involve that, in the middle of some fic, the point of which has NOTHING AT ALL to do with that throwaway scene. That's what I really want.
This is why I suck at prompting. XD
What’s the most hard-core smut or kinky fic you’ve ever read (be honest)! Difficult one; I guess I don't tend to be terribly surprised by what happens in fic, or I guess like, not in the sense that particular situations get ingrained in my memory. STRANGE AS THIS IS TO BELIEVE, I KNOW, I actually ran the kink meme in my fandom before SPN, and we had tentacles already in canon, so.
Do you read AUs? I don't seek them out, but I've certainly read them. I'm most interested in canon-timeline or divergent-timeline stuff, but AUs can be fun, too, provided they engage their canon source interestingly.
Do you read crack? Again, I don't seek it out, but I've certainly read it. My favorite kinds are random transformations, particularly for Sam, for whatever reason. Not bunnies or cats or cute stuff but like, CREATURES FROM THE DEEP. INVERTEBRATES. END TABLES.
What makes you give up on reading a fic? The usual things, I suppose. A specific back-click I can actually remember is this fic where of the Js was convincing the other to divorce his wife so they (that is, J2) could be together 4ever. NOPE. I think the reasons I won't read a fic in the first place are probably more telling, though more asshole-ish. If the A/N is explicitly antagonistic about the character or (more often) piece of canon it's writing about, I won't read it. Even if it's probably good. You can overwrite/disregard/deepen/alter canon however you want, but I'm only interested if it's a conversation you're having with canon in some way. If I know I disagree philosophically with the author beforehand, I prejudge, and have a harder time clicking on their fic... D: If (I believe) a fic misconstrues (or denies) Dean's relationship with suicidal ideation, I'll probably stop reading, because that's important to me.
What makes you pick up a fic, what makes it sound interesting? That's a really good question. XD Interesting cut text, most often. Which sucks when there isn't any...
What’s the weirdest fic you’ve ever read? Describe it. I dunno, man. I guess in recent memory I read de_nugis's fic where animal fae take up temporary residence in Sam's hair, which in the scheme of things probably isn't actually that weird on its face. But it sounds like crack and it's not, even though it is charming and often funny instead.
If you could imagine the perfect fic, what would it be like? Something that makes you feel the same damn thing every time you read it, while all the while introducing new facets of itself to you.
If you had to introduce someone to fanfiction with a few fics, which would you suggest? Oh god, I wouldn't introduce anyone to fan fiction. XP I'll let someone else be that gateway. Fan fic is too personal for me to want to have to explain it to someone who doesn't already understand.
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Date: 2015-10-28 12:48 am (UTC)This is why I suck at prompting. XD
What’s the most hard-core smut or kinky fic you’ve ever read (be honest)! Difficult one; I guess I don't tend to be terribly surprised by what happens in fic, or I guess like, not in the sense that particular situations get ingrained in my memory. STRANGE AS THIS IS TO BELIEVE, I KNOW, I actually ran the kink meme in my fandom before SPN, and we had tentacles already in canon, so.
Do you read AUs? I don't seek them out, but I've certainly read them. I'm most interested in canon-timeline or divergent-timeline stuff, but AUs can be fun, too, provided they engage their canon source interestingly.
Do you read crack? Again, I don't seek it out, but I've certainly read it. My favorite kinds are random transformations, particularly for Sam, for whatever reason. Not bunnies or cats or cute stuff but like, CREATURES FROM THE DEEP. INVERTEBRATES. END TABLES.
What makes you give up on reading a fic? The usual things, I suppose. A specific back-click I can actually remember is this fic where of the Js was convincing the other to divorce his wife so they (that is, J2) could be together 4ever. NOPE. I think the reasons I won't read a fic in the first place are probably more telling, though more asshole-ish. If the A/N is explicitly antagonistic about the character or (more often) piece of canon it's writing about, I won't read it. Even if it's probably good. You can overwrite/disregard/deepen/alter canon however you want, but I'm only interested if it's a conversation you're having with canon in some way. If I know I disagree philosophically with the author beforehand, I prejudge, and have a harder time clicking on their fic... D: If (I believe) a fic misconstrues (or denies) Dean's relationship with suicidal ideation, I'll probably stop reading, because that's important to me.
What makes you pick up a fic, what makes it sound interesting? That's a really good question. XD Interesting cut text, most often. Which sucks when there isn't any...
What’s the weirdest fic you’ve ever read? Describe it. I dunno, man. I guess in recent memory I read
If you could imagine the perfect fic, what would it be like? Something that makes you feel the same damn thing every time you read it, while all the while introducing new facets of itself to you.
If you had to introduce someone to fanfiction with a few fics, which would you suggest? Oh god, I wouldn't introduce anyone to fan fiction. XP I'll let someone else be that gateway. Fan fic is too personal for me to want to have to explain it to someone who doesn't already understand.