I'm another 'fuck the masses' type. If I love a character or pairing or have a plotbunny that won't let me alone, I'll write it. (I've just started slashing ANGELS of all things on my other LJ!!!). If an idea takes my fancy or gets me hot, I'll write it and damn the consequences. In HP fandom, I've written such unusual couplings as Lucius/Walden Macnair and Tonks/Olympe Maxime, and they've been received OK.

Feedback is nice to get, but it's not the be-all and end-all. I'm writing because I love writing, not to be a BNF or popular author. Hell, I'm thrilled if even one person says they like the fic! And it's a real honour when someone likes my writing enough to read a pairing they wouldn't normally read!

Thank you for this discussion - it's definitely something that needed to be brought up!

Love & Serpents' Kisses,
Anath.