I thought the atmosphere and Snape were fabulous; Narcissa looks a little too pin-up-like for me, but I still find it a gorgeous piece.
It's interesting about scat. I always list it as one of my squicks, but I honestly can't recall ever seeing a story containing it. But if I did see one, I'd probably read it, just to see how it might be done.
What I find lately is that it's not plot kinks or squicks that make me decide not to read a given story. It's particular pairings or characters, ones that I just can't muster up much interest in. As usual, if it's something written by one of the writers by whom I'd read anything, even their tax returns, then pairing/character isn't an issue. Or if a particular rec catches my eye. Or if I've made a pact with myself to read every in a particular fest. But there's just so much to read, and so little time, that there are some characters that are always going to be on the bottom of my list. It's not any "Character X is 'better' than Character Y" thing -- just personal preference.
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I thought the atmosphere and Snape were fabulous; Narcissa looks a little too pin-up-like for me, but I still find it a gorgeous piece.
It's interesting about scat. I always list it as one of my squicks, but I honestly can't recall ever seeing a story containing it. But if I did see one, I'd probably read it, just to see how it might be done.
What I find lately is that it's not plot kinks or squicks that make me decide not to read a given story. It's particular pairings or characters, ones that I just can't muster up much interest in. As usual, if it's something written by one of the writers by whom I'd read anything, even their tax returns, then pairing/character isn't an issue. Or if a particular rec catches my eye. Or if I've made a pact with myself to read every in a particular fest. But there's just so much to read, and so little time, that there are some characters that are always going to be on the bottom of my list. It's not any "Character X is 'better' than Character Y" thing -- just personal preference.