I'm not sure there's any specific reason, but I think that it'd be difficult to change the tendency towards romance. Shipping is the most popular aspect of fandom, IMO, and it's pretty clear that romance fics tend to get more hits. I think it's a bit discouraging to people writing gen, and that fandom as a whole is much more encouraging of romance. Gen can be hard to do because it's much more difficult to find an audience -- just look at how many LJ communities are devoted to ships! It's so much easier to find a constant stream of new R/S fics, for example, than MWPP gen.
Of course, the other problem, I think, is that it's just much easier for write ships. Not easier to write them well, but just write them in general. It's so easy for fill up the pages with kissing and sex; inexperienced/untalented authors can avoid the emotions. But it's much harder to avoid emotions with friendship fics because there isn't that physical aspect to fill up the space with.
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Date: 2007-06-21 03:49 pm (UTC)Of course, the other problem, I think, is that it's just much easier for write ships. Not easier to write them well, but just write them in general. It's so easy for fill up the pages with kissing and sex; inexperienced/untalented authors can avoid the emotions. But it's much harder to avoid emotions with friendship fics because there isn't that physical aspect to fill up the space with.