Don't say I never gave you a ticky box!

[scribblinlenore]

I'm toying with the idea of doing an advent thing again, only with fannish tropes instead of holiday themes, since I pretty much exhausted all my holiday inspiration last year. It all depends on how busy I am. But even if I don't, I thought it would be fun to see which fannish tropes are people's favorites. Hence a poll! In three parts due to length.



[Poll #1071662]

Comments

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

The sad part? The ones I didn't click I still love to pieces. Why yes, I am a whore :D

[storm-grant.livejournal.com]

Met differently. Or just the general "AU" thing, which is kind of more of a category than a trope?
~ Stormheller

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well, I didn't include any on the list that I didn't like, in case I do end up writing them. So...um, I'm right there with you in the whoredom. *bg*

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if AU was too broad a category to put on the list, but I probably should have, since AU's are my own personal favorite. :)

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

I have nothing further to say, except for "yay, list!" ::g::

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I love the smell of fannish cliches in the morning! *g*

[spike21.livejournal.com]

If I could have put three ticks next to tentacle sex I would have. There can never be enough tentacle sex.

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Also, you are the only one I've seen to have prison fic, or even get that as a trope. I.. have unnatural love of prison fic. What, I like d/s! and making them love it even if they don't want to (force, but not out-right rape, if that distinction makes any kind of sense whatsoever).

Did I mention whore? I am a whore.

[neery.livejournal.com]

Fannish tropes, how are you so awesome? Thanks for giving us ticky boxes! if you'd chosen me to pick only one of those, I think my brain might have exploded.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Prison fic was kind of a big thing in Sentinel, which was my first fandom, because there was an episode where one of the characters goes undercover in prison. So it's always seemed like a trope to me. And I LURVE it!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

There really is so very little tentacle sex out there, which makes me sad, because it is a weakness of mine.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Ticky boxes in this case would just have been cruel! *g*

[storm-grant.livejournal.com]

On further thought, some AUs are probably already covered off in your excellent list, such as personal fave, hooker fic! And "met differently" would also be touched on in the high school category, etc. Guess maybe just "Other AUs" would do it. Was Harlequin there?

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

As you can see, if the pairing/writer is right... there's not much I won't read! *grins*

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

I am like youuuuuu. yes. a whore.

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

*NODNODNOD*

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I only put tropes on the list that I like, so, yeah, I'm in pretty much the same boat. *g*

[sanj.livejournal.com]

You left off a favorite of mine -- sex for supernatural purposes, such as a magic spell or religious rite.

Which probably explains my two favorite kinds of fandoms -- stuff where this stuff happens as part of the milieu (HP, SPN) and stuff where Our Heroes walk unsuspecting into the middle of a ritualized setting (Stargate, Dr. Who).

This is an awesome idea - have fun!

[vickita.livejournal.com]

*g* There were some of them that I wished there'd been two ticky-boxes, so I could say THIS! THIS! instead of just THIS!

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

My favorite thing in the whole world is pining. But I think that just sort of fits into a lot of those. It may be why "two boys, one bed" is one of my favorites, though.

[pun.livejournal.com]

I picked nearly everything here. And I wouldn't say there's anything on this list that I don't like. Heh. But next you should do a poll where we have to rank our favorites! Oh, the agonizing!

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lenore. You make Monday bearable. And hot! ;)

As I mentioned on Saturday, I find the sublimation thing very exciting thanks to Pushing Daisies. (What is it with het these days?!) Actually, come to think of it, "not allowed to/can't touch" trope is OMG SO HOT - because physical or psychological restraints usually lead to dirty talk and/or voyeurism. Remember the Talking Dirty (http://toft-froggy.livejournal.com/220548.html) fic in which John and Rodney are in separate jail cells? GUH.

Ahem. Yes, you certainly made my Monday much better, darling.

[summertea.livejournal.com]

It's so hard to just pick a few! |D

[decarnin.livejournal.com]

In my current small fandom (Criminal Minds) about a million per cent of the ff.net fic I've read is kidnap fic -- and was LONG before the kidnappee character, Reid, actually WAS kidnapped on the show -- an episode that was so incredibly fannish I'm still not convinced someone there isn't reading the fanfic to see what people want! I think another good one for Sentinel and others with a tender young'un is like prison fic but involves institutions for the criminally insane. *g* Always a winner. 21 Jump Street did THAT as an actual episode, yum!

I too restrained myself from ticking everything I've ever read (or written!) and loved, picked more the ones I'm likely to home in on if given a summary. A hustler with wings? I am so there! Fun way to start the day, thank you!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Ah, magic sex is a good one! At this point, I'm not sure there are ANY fannish tropes I don't like. *g*