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[quidditchgrrl]

Ten things I dislike about the fandom:

1. Rabid shippers of all shapes and forms. You know the ones, where their entire fandom (and sometimes real life) identity is caught up in rooting for one ship over another. Folks who think that what pairings you ship indicate the kind of person you are, or resent the fact that I am not 100% behind 'their' ship. Get over yourselves.

2. The concept of the BNF. Name-dropping is the most annoying thing about the fandom. I don't care who you know. I friend whomever I want, and I don't particularly care who you friend/are friends with.

3. Fluffy fics. The ones where Draco turns into a cream puff after one look at Ginny and he then befriends Ron and Harry and apologizes to Hermione for calling her a Mudblood and they all live happily ever after. Or Harry and Ginny have sex and she gets pregnant and writes to her baby in her diary while at Hogwarts and decides that she won't tell Harry about the baby but he finds out anyway and he happily puts aside all of his future plans to marry Ginny and they all live happily ever after. *barfs* Worse, non-con fics where the victim falls in love with his/her attacker. *dry heaves* I don't think this is an unpopular opinion - don't we all hate fics where the characters are taken to the hinterlands of characterization with no explanation of how they came to be - but anyone who thinks that kink/non-con/BDSM is worse, it's not.

4. I'm not a big fan of either Remus or Sirius unless you can give me good backstory. I dislike Remus/Sirius slash. So sue me.

5. Same with Harry/Draco. The hordes of screaming H/D fangirls scare me.

6. Pretty much anything that has to do with Gryffindor Tower.net and its festering wank. The former members who have come to Checkmated - we tend to be Harry/Ginny friendly - are a surprisingly level-headed and open bunch. Thank goodness for that.

7. Draco will never be redeemed in canon. He's Harry's foil. His static characterization is set. Get over it. I love a good fanon redemption, but really, it ain't happening.

8. People who shout 'Ew, het/slash/teacher-student/cross-gen/incest/twincest!" DON'T READ IT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, you fecking morons. Ditto for people who read my vanilla stuff and ignore the warnings on my other fics.

9. Underage plebes who cheat their way into adult areas. Get a life, you can find much more accessible (and with better pictures) porn without jeopardizing great fansites.

10. Ron-bashing. Harry and Hermione deserve each other at this point. Ron is too good of a guy.

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[dejaspirit.livejournal.com]

*clings*

IloveyouandIwanttorunawaywithyou.

*dies*

You and I have had the "shipping" discussions before, right? Seriously, JK can write whatever ships she wants and I could honestly give a flying fuck. I write what I want and I read what I want.


And I HATE Ron bashing. HATE IT!!!! (although I admit I dig S/R, but H/D only in fanon.)

Word. You're getting the 'Cletus' icon for this post.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

*runs away with Dionne* OurloveissoRonfriendly!