@oddsocksandstuff replied to your post “One of my favorite things is reading fic comments and realizing that…”
*thunks about the 8 or so comments I left the other day and wonders if I said anything amusing* ����
You did!! But mostly you were right on which I also get a lot of joy out of. KInda wish I would’ve thought of the scent markers thing, though. That would’ve been a fun addition.
I also enjoy a/b/o, but like any trope it’s gotta be done to my precise tastes, y’know lol… It took me years to write my own because I wanted to address the things that bugged me. I think I did ok. I don’t think I could do another long fic, but I suppose “never say never” will bite me in the ass eventually ��
I feel that. I keep trying to play with certain aspects of A/B/O that I find most interesting but there’s only so much a person can do in one fic without it getting bogged down, ya know? I guess that’s why I keep writing them lol.
But yeah I also get the need to have tropes done to your precise standards. I’m kind of like that with certain AUs, too.
@ltleflrt replied to your post “@unforth-ninawaters replied to your post:
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These are basically my complaints about a lot of a/b/o tbh.
Yeah, I can see that. Especially the social commentary and the under and over explaining.
One thing I always think about is like… if alphas and omegas developed a relatively long time ago in human evolution, why are male and female still the primary sex designations? I would think, even though they show up later in life (for the most part) that the stuff that determines whether your primary role in reproduction is to impregnate or be impregnated would be the more important stuff.
Another thing… male omegas are always kind of lumped in with all other omegas, which makes sense but I always wonder like… depending on when the A/B/O stuff was introduced to human society, there’s a possibility that male omegas might be seen as the best thing in the world, right? Wouldn’t there be some cultures where being a male omega or a female alpha would land you a lot of social status? Or at least a special social class with some dignity and respect? What kind of inequality exists between male omegas and female omegas? (Because you know there’s gotta be some, right?)
Ugh I’m rambling again. But yeah, the thing about A/B/O is that it’s ripe with opportunity to explore social dynamics and structure and even alternate history, but a lot of it is copy/paste hot button issues.
Bad urban fantasy is reaaaaally bad.
Oh, no question. Flat characters, love triangles (gag), prophecy that involves one special person saving the world, simultaneous over and under explaining of the world and how it works, refusal to use words like werewolf for some reason… and none of that takes into account the skill of the writer and *how* the thing is actually written. (Oh! And I almost forgot heavy handed social commentary that doesn’t make sense in the context of the universe created by the film/book because it’s topical and heavy handed and copy/pastes real world issues into the fictional world and doesn’t consider how social inequality would be different in the fictional universe.)
Bad urban fantasy can be painful, honestly. Which isn’t to say that any of the things I mentioned can’t be done well – I do believe they can be (except flat characters) – it’s just that they’re particularly irritating in bad urban fantasy.
I feel your tags
The struggle between slowly building things so that your audience will not only believe it, but might actually be surprised/heartbroken/excited when the inevitable hard turn hits and say “fuck it! you want drama? here’s your drama” is a pain in the ass.
I know people love a good slow burn, but writing them is painful.
I’ve told @dangerousnotbroken that we need at least twelve of them as pets. She’s on board.
I 1000% support that. If they were actually really animals I would get one and I don’t usually even like birds. But they’re soooo cute!
I admit non-mutual-ness makes me not talk to certain people that I follow. I won’t *unfollow* them for not following me but it’s difficult to open a dialogue with someone I think probably doesn’t care about me or know who I am. But then I remember I love getting comments, asks, all that shit even if I’m not mutuals with the person and feel silly.
I definitely understand that. Especially because I have even mutuals who I worry about interacting with because I feel like maybe they followed by mistake and if I say something they’ll run off or something.
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Truly I am blessed by your aptitude for fowl puns.
@samanddeaninpanties replied to your post “@samanddeaninpanties replied to your post “@samanddeaninpanties…”
Some people don’t look through common tags, no. So, yeah. I freak people out pretty often. Which is fine! But I do think it’s curious that people who don’t like certain things don’t make a bigger effort to stay away from it.
^ stay away from it in the first place, that is. Technically they are by unfollowing.
*shrugs* I mean, I guess I’d rather people leave when they don’t like something than stick around and make themselves miserable. Still. Idk. It’s different I suppose. Maybe they just don’t think about it at the time? I know that’s happened to me before.
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How could anyone hate porgs?!
Right?! Look at this!
Snuggling! Motherly affection! Baby animals!
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