HAHA well, I guess what I mean is that I don't do the hardcore kink...I like someone tied to the bed and teased until they beg, but not tied to the bed and beaten, or wrapped in cellophane and duct tape.
I don't dislike all kidfic. I generally like the QaF fic with Gus, but then he's a canon character. It's mostly just that I'm not overly fond of children in general, and don't identify with the "this child completes our life OMG" mentality of most kidfic. That said, I love the Farm in Iowa AU in SGA. It really all depends on the author and whether or not the kids are unrealistically precocious. As for mpreg, it's just totally EEW! to me. Like scat and water sports.
perfect characterizations aren't necessarily on the top of my list of what makes fic good.
I agree. I tend to be more of a stickler for characterization in canon fic than I am in AUs, but I can give a bit of leeway as long as the deviation isn't extreme, because everyone's interpretation of a character is slightly different. Now, if something is too off, like dialogue that a character would never say in any realistic interpretation of canon, then it'll throw me clean out of a fic, but otherwise I can be a bit bendy.
There are a lot of fics that "people in the know" have gone "Pfft!" at that I really like, and fic that others have gone apenuts over that I didn't particulary care for. To each their own, I reckon.
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I don't dislike all kidfic. I generally like the QaF fic with Gus, but then he's a canon character. It's mostly just that I'm not overly fond of children in general, and don't identify with the "this child completes our life OMG" mentality of most kidfic. That said, I love the Farm in Iowa AU in SGA. It really all depends on the author and whether or not the kids are unrealistically precocious. As for mpreg, it's just totally EEW! to me. Like scat and water sports.
perfect characterizations aren't necessarily on the top of my list of what makes fic good.
I agree. I tend to be more of a stickler for characterization in canon fic than I am in AUs, but I can give a bit of leeway as long as the deviation isn't extreme, because everyone's interpretation of a character is slightly different. Now, if something is too off, like dialogue that a character would never say in any realistic interpretation of canon, then it'll throw me clean out of a fic, but otherwise I can be a bit bendy.
There are a lot of fics that "people in the know" have gone "Pfft!" at that I really like, and fic that others have gone apenuts over that I didn't particulary care for. To each their own, I reckon.