Fandom Discussion: Rarepairs and Response

[themostepotente]

I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I've just now gotten around to posting about it.

What is it about certain rarepairs and a lack of feedback that has some wondering; Is it worth my time to continue writing them?

I'm talking Snape/Lucius, Snape/Draco, Lucius/Sirius, Snape/Filch, and a host of others I can't think of right now, because fuckin' A it's 4 a.m., time for us vampiric types to be in their coffins.

But I mean c'mon -- Snape/Lucius? WTF, people. So effing hot, but every time I see a SS/LM fic, it gets next to no feedback. It doth boggles thy mind.

Snape/Draco is another one. I've seen some GORGEOUS Snaco, and yet the feedback SUCKS MY CYBERCOCK.

Not very encouraging, I can imagine, if you've ever wanted to attempt something different.

Someone once told me that Snarry, Harry/Draco, and Remus/Sirius comprises the backbone (skeletal system) of fandom. But man, what about the other systems?

So if you are a rarepairs writer, does the lack of feedback influence your writing them? Or do you just say 'Fuck the masses. I like it, and I'm still writing it!'

--P

Comments

[biichan.livejournal.com]

It does and it doesn't, really. It did a lot last summer when I was writing pr0n like a madthing--which sort of led me to actually trying my hand at a damn Snarryfic, even though I haven't even thought the ship was plausible for two years, and that got me the most comments for anything I've written, ever--but since about August or so, when I burnt out, I've just been writing whomever (and usually it's with ataniell93 as a partner.)

Of course, my thing is that while a lot of my OTPish ships are either rare as hell (Moody/OMC, Sirius/Peter) or at least medium obscure (Lucius/Percy), I'm also really very fond of Harry/Draco done right. So I really don't know.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I, for one, really enjoy your rare pair stories.

Writers like you have kicked my Moody fetish into high gear :-)