Meme?

[lirazel]

Stolen from jo_lasalle :

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.



I want to make it clear that there is no trope on the planet that is bullet-proof for me. If the fic isn't well-written or the characters don't ring true to me...it doesn't matter what the trope is. I feel like this is somewhat different than a lot of fandom, who seem willing to read anything featuring their favorite tropes? But I would rather read a really good fic that doesn't contain any of my favorite tropes (or even contains ones that I mildly dislike) than a mediocre fic that's full of my favorite ones. 99% of the time when I back out of a fic, it's because of the writing, not because of the presence of any particular trope or theme. I really will read almost anything if it's well-writen.

So for the purposes of this meme, we're going to assume that there's a baseline level of competence to any given fic.

Comments

[sophia_sol]

This is so fun! Hmmm let me think. How about these:

1. Time travel

2. Timeloops

3. Bodyswap

[lirazel]

1. A if the point is to have a character confront either who they were or who they'll become and actually deal with that. But only a C if that's not really the point.

2. C. In the wrong writer's hands, this can get so repetative and boring, but it is fun when done well!

2. B if it's treated somewhat seriously (I adore crack treated seriously). Maybe a D if the only point is hijinks.