no trope meme for me, thanks

[fufaraw]

Hmmm, not doing the trope meme. The thing is, my reading taste is capricious. I can't say, "I won't read...whatever" because one of my favorite writers will post a whatever, and I read it and *like* it. But I still don't like whatevers. Or I can love *this thing* and read a dozen of 'em, and then the next three "Oh, goodie, *this thing* I like, just for me!" and it'll suck. Or actually it won't, it's just I'm in a pissy mood or a weird headspace.

So really, I like pretty much all tropes. Depending on who's writing it, and what my mood is when I stumble across it. ALL THE FIC! Yes, all of it. (I even read a Destiel-ish thing the other day, oh what shall become of me?)

Comments

[kalliel]

Same!!! The big fandom thing that's really never worked for me or been useful to me is the way we tend to speak in, and organize ourselves around, tropes in fandom. Because I'm the same as what you said above. And I think that's the main reason I honestly don't tend to read headers (and sometimes not even summaries) all that closely. Either I've already decided I'm going to read/try everything that's posted from a certain challenge, or I'm essentially going purely by cut text. And like to each their own, but it always makes me a bit sad when I overhear people who are really rigid about what they will/will not read based on mention of a trope alone. Oh well!

[jimbobjoe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, same for me. I do have a couple things I won't read, none of which were on the list except incest, but mostly I'm really capricious too.

Or I can love *this thing* and read a dozen of 'em, and then the next three "Oh, goodie, *this thing* I like, just for me!" and it'll suck.

This has happened to me a LOT.