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

[september1967.livejournal.com]

I've figured out that the only H/D fics I can read, no matter how many times a fic will be reccd, are AU fics in which both characters are older than 21. Otherwise, I barf;) A huge kiss and hug to PainlessJ for pointing me to her list of H/D recs which she personally distinguished the AUs.

Yes, there are cliches in all walks of fandom life, including rant and wankdom. I've come to the conclusion there are a good portion of people out there who will say they hate a certain type of fic but then the next month (if not the next day) rec a similar fic.

Everyone has their own personal tastes and likes. The only way to avoid stuff you don't like is to follow recs by people you know have similar tastes to your own.

Bertina

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Everyone has their own personal tastes and likes. The only way to avoid stuff you don't like is to follow recs by people you know have similar tastes to your own.

For the most part, yes -- but I have been disappointed before.

C'est la vie I suppose, Bertina.