#have people forgotten that slow burn isn't just a fanfic trope

[swordsonnet]

i'm sorry but people saying that wwdits is queer-baiting because nandermo isn't canon (yet) is SO ridiculous to me. literally every main character in the show is canonically queer, and lots of side characters too. i'm begging people to understand that queer representation consists of more than just your favourite ship getting together.

[sothischickshe]

3, 4, 6 and 14 for the fanfic reader thingy

3: slowburn or established relationship?

Both? Neither? For brio at least, and I have forgotten all else, like established burning mess? I mean I love reading both these kinds of stories, but I really enjoy the canonesque sweet spot where something's established but they won't acknowledge it? And/or they're boning and the slow burn is emotional rather than physical

 4: has a fic ever made you cry?

Oh, definitely. I'm a sap! I weep at everything! It's fairly usual for me to burst into tears three pages into a book cos it's SO GOOD AND I GET TO GET LOST IN IT AND I'M SO HAPPY

 6: what's your least favourite fanfic category?

Hmm, I'm not sure I understand categories. But, something I tend to avoid/find hard to read are fics that use sexual assault and/or domestic abuse as a backdrop or source of drama? There's enough of that in mainstream fiction, lol. That's not to say that these topics can't be handled well in a nuanced way, and I think I'm open to reading about them if that's the case. But I just kind of hate them as tropes?

 14: what's your favourite AU setting?

I mean... I don't think I'm looking for a specific au setting when I read? I know some people can't get enough of coffee shops or high schools but I'm not fiending for a specific set up.

Weirdly, as I have little interest in zombies generally, I ADORE a lot of zombieish gg aus though??

Somewhere in the darkness, us together for a while by @fairhairedkings (not an au though really, but I'll arbitrarily insist rio is a zombie)

And I feel fine by @mamey2422 (is it an au or is it just the future??)

An adventure by @neveroffanon (starting to doubt whether this is an au now too??)

Although I'm realising now 'contains zombies' isn't really a setting hmm. Well it's the best I can conjure with my half a brain cell at this this!