Harry and Draco -- But the little girls understand

[themostepotente]

WARNING -- SERIOUS FANDOM RANT

Is anyone as sick of pointless, plotless, inane, and tritely written Harry/Draco like I am?

I mean seriously, why the fuck do most people who attempt to write this pairing insist on following the SAME GODDAMN BORING outline?

Sound familiar?

Boy meets boy
Boy hates boy
Boy crushes on boy
Boy ends up fucking boy
Boy angsts
Boy still hates boy

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

What...the...fuck?

What about this pairing zaps the creativity from some people?

Where is it written that *gasp* established H/D with plot is a big fucking no no?

I don't profess to be the best H/D shipper. Far the fuck from it, but at least my H/D stories were different from the norm.

Oh fucking wheee, let's use the same fucking story and just change the kink. I see it all the time. I see the same shitty H/D authors being recced.

Fuck this.

If you hate seeing this as much as I do, voice your opinion. To the creative H/D writers - you KNOW who you are. Give me a shout out, hmm?

If you hate this pairing, tell us all why.

Really disgusted.

--P

Comments

[cedarlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Don't like it? Don't read. Live and let live. Write and let write.

I don't think this is an entirely fair thing to say. The way I see it, themostepotente and others are on the lookout for good H/D and may start reading a story before realizing that it's not any good. There is no way to know if a story will appeal to you until you start reading it, no matter how much it's recced. To say "just don't read it" doesn't work. We all want to read good fic, but when we're constantly disappointed, rants come about.

[maeglinyedi.livejournal.com]

There is no way to know if a story will appeal to you until you start reading it, no matter how much it's recced.

I absolutely agree. However, usually the summary can give you an idea of possible cliches in a story. That's what I go by, when I read popular slash ships. Also, when I read a fic I can usually tell quite soon if I'll like it or not. If I don't like the story, I hit that back button and don't read the rest of it.

but when we're constantly disappointed, rants come about.

And I do understand that. It's just that these rants are as old as the ship itself. So I couldn't help pointing out the irony of ranting about repetitive fics when the rant is just as repetitive. ;-)