Fandom Discussion: Rarepairs and Response
Jan. 24th, 2005 03:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
themostepotenteI'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
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
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Date: 2005-01-25 02:59 pm (UTC)So I keep hearing :-) I wasn't around back then. I've only been in fandom one year.
Maybe it'll take a little while for enough Snape/Lucius or Snape/Draco or Draco/Stan Shunpike or whatever authors to get fannish mindshare, but eventually, in a few years, people will be saying, "Geez, what's with all the Snape/Lucius? How come nobody's writing Snape/OtherHawtCharacterDuJour?"
Well, there's still two more books. We can only hope for more hot characters to explore. *G*