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[graculus]

From fannish5: Name 5 fan fiction writers for whom you would sample any fandom because they wrote it.

I'm torn on this one and here's why...

There are writers whose work I admire so much that if I had an interest in another fandom they wrote in, I would check their fic out. However, nothing will impel me to read stuff for a fandom I either actively dislike or just plain have no interest in. Doesn't matter how well-written it is, that's just too big a hurdle to overcome. So, for example, as much as I adore przed's UNCLE and WWW fic, I can't imagine any circumstances where I'd be reading her Professionals fic because my admiration for her work does not overcome my lack of interest in the fandom in question.

There are other writers whose work I've read in more than one fandom I like where the magic just doesn't carry across. Technically they may be excellent, but I just don't see the characters the way they see them and therefore they leave me cold. So, the idea of blindly following writers from one fandom into another just because they're who they are doesn't really work for me...

However, there's been one notable exception to that, which is how I got into Wild Wild West in the first place - knowing nothing about the fandom in question (except that it had been described as being like UNCLE on horseback) I bought a couple of the excellent Gentlemen Never Tell zines solely because of who was writing in them. In this case, a good number of my favourite UNCLE authors. Perhaps it was easier because I didn't know the show at all, so I had no opinion about it? That would make my response closer to that of picking up a new book by a favourite profic author, rather than walking into a universe I already knew and had a point of view about?

Comments

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

I can see what you mean. I really (really really) like cincoflex's fic, and I followed her from Star Trek to Star Gate (she helped me get into SG), and then to CSI which I don't watch at all. But I read her fic because to me they're almost Original Characters of hers since I have no canon info to go by. Then she went to House and I followed her there, and I've kinda gotten into House the show because of her. But I still won't get into CSI. :)

She also wrote a bunch of MacGyver fic and I read that, but I only have a passing interest in the show.

I suppose it helps that we have similar tastes in the shows we like.

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the lack of closing the bold tag. Not paying attention. I really wish LJ let you edit comment posts!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Aw, I can't tempt you with Bodie and Doyle?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I think you know the answer to that question already! :P

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

You have no taste at all :P

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Haven't you led me astray enough for one lifetime? ;)

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

*looks innocent*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Can I take a turn in leading you astray?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

You are, of course, welcome to try... ;)

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

There are writers whose work I admire so much that if I had an interest in another fandom they wrote in, I would check their fic out. However, nothing will impel me to read stuff for a fandom I either actively dislike or just plain have no interest in.

Word.