Genfic Love and other Fandom Meta

[author_by_night]

springtime_gen . Go now - so far, there's a little bit for everyone. Luna fic, Neville fic, a Marauder comic strip, Teddy Lupin fic, Snape fic, and even a Merope Gaunt fanfic. There might be even more as I type this.

I've always been a genfic person. It's not that I don't like romance... although I do sometimes have issues with how it's written in fandom. Ships that I dislike don't grab my interest, and when I read ships that I love, I find that I often nitpick to myself. I love Harry/Ginny, but I don't usually like fics where they kiss and make up right after the final battle. I love Ron/Hermione, but I feel like Ron's often too sentimental. I love(d?) Remus/Tonks, but the Tonks in fics often didn't ring true for me. That can happen to an extent with genfic, of course, but it doesn't seem to happen as much.

Onto other things... it really does amuse me to no end that we spent all these years debating which characters were gay, and nobody ever considered Dumbledore. (At least not to my knowledge. Does anyone know of fans or a fan even who seriously thought that he was?) 

I do hope that JK Rowling writes something else for her 'verse someday. Maybe a little more adult - along the lines of HBP and TDH, as opposed to PS/SS. (Although that might be a bit hard with all the kid fans, but think most of the "kid fans" are now at least fifteen anyway.)

Lastly, I have a confession to make. Remember how right before TDH, I was asking for fan-related pictures and stuff? Well, I was going to build a site dedicated to fandom that would be just before TDH. However, between all the spoiler  trolls ruining the mood and my own summer plans... I decided not to do it. As far as Harry Potter fandom is concerned, it's one of my regrets. I know I made a thank you, etc post the night before, but... I should have tried harder. It was just hard, with all the drama going on, for me to be enthused. (And as I said, I was also quite busy anyway.)

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[kennytrent.livejournal.com]

I even remember telling that to my wife and she was like nooooooo...of course she only known HP through the movies :)