On one hand, I did a rec comm; on the other, how much have I actually recc'd? And I don't read a whole lot of OC fics, even though I write them.
Sometimes people write things, like a type of genre or pairing, but they don't like to read them. It might be better if you find someone who loves to read original characters to be a recommender. :)
But really, I think that it's because each original character is a different character. With ships, the characters are known and the same/similar in the stories so people who like the characters will be happy (usually). With original characters, the characters are all different, and may not interest the same readers. Plus, perhaps OC fics are just usually long. If they are, then you have to go out on a line, invest time reading this unknown character for a long period of time, and you might not like them at all, or feel as if you wasted your time in the end. Some people don't want to do this. Don't want to take a chance.
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Date: 2005-07-10 11:24 pm (UTC)Sometimes people write things, like a type of genre or pairing, but they don't like to read them. It might be better if you find someone who loves to read original characters to be a recommender. :)
But really, I think that it's because each original character is a different character. With ships, the characters are known and the same/similar in the stories so people who like the characters will be happy (usually). With original characters, the characters are all different, and may not interest the same readers. Plus, perhaps OC fics are just usually long. If they are, then you have to go out on a line, invest time reading this unknown character for a long period of time, and you might not like them at all, or feel as if you wasted your time in the end. Some people don't want to do this. Don't want to take a chance.