This is a thing I am working on--but like, I'm in Guardians of the Galaxy fandom, and my weird niche ship that I would die for is Nebula and Mantis: two canonical abuse survivors in very different ways, both of whom have been complicit in killings of children, one of whom is more comfortable with threats than vulnerability and the other one who visibly terrifies probably the third tough, powerful woman in the cast because she is comfortable with emotions and a controlling empath--
and like, people have boiled this pairing down to like, jock/cheerleader high school au pairings and soft fluff with Nebula carrying Mantis' books?
I wrote a long cranky give me this rant a few months ago that was largely spurred by the kinds of soft, emotionless dollies I was seeing everywhere, and it was--I want to see people with conflicts! I want to see people with rich, complicated personalities and emotional dynamics and stuff! I want that in my f/f, too!
And everyone would reblog it and comment that oh, well, not everyone loves darkfic. Which I find hilarious: I hate darkfic too, and if I'm going to read angst I prefer it to all come right in the end, and I don't like angst for its own sake and I certainly don't care to be depressed in my reading. I don't want dark and gritty, I just want complexity. Aaaarugh.
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Date: 2018-12-18 03:07 am (UTC)and like, people have boiled this pairing down to like, jock/cheerleader high school au pairings and soft fluff with Nebula carrying Mantis' books?
I wrote a long cranky give me this rant a few months ago that was largely spurred by the kinds of soft, emotionless dollies I was seeing everywhere, and it was--I want to see people with conflicts! I want to see people with rich, complicated personalities and emotional dynamics and stuff! I want that in my f/f, too!
And everyone would reblog it and comment that oh, well, not everyone loves darkfic. Which I find hilarious: I hate darkfic too, and if I'm going to read angst I prefer it to all come right in the end, and I don't like angst for its own sake and I certainly don't care to be depressed in my reading. I don't want dark and gritty, I just want complexity. Aaaarugh.