fanfic trope grading

[ehyde]

stolen from dragongirlg, ask me about tropes!

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.
B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.
C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.
D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.
F: Hate it. Will immediately make me nope out of a fic.

Comments

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Curtain fic

Mind control

Truth or dare

[ehyde]

Curtain fic: I had to look up what this was. I'd say C; if I'm understanding what it is correctly--domesticity/slice-of-life usually isn't my thing and I don't seek it out, but I have read some (usually on other people's recs) that I really liked.

Mind control: A! Especially if it's the possession variety; I'm less enthusiastic about brainwashing and tend to like that one for different reasons--with possession, a lot of the tension and horror comes from other characters not knowing said character has been possessed; with brainwashing I'm more into it when someone who knew them is trying to bring them back to who they were before (see: CATWS).

Truth or dare: ehh, D. It's not really my thing. Although I have written it, so maybe I should rethink that?