December posting meme - Dec. 2 and 3

[ehyde]

December 2: @asrabkin asked about my favorite place I have lived, and why

To start with, Not Tennessee
Hmmm but other than that...actually where we are now, probably. Don't get me wrong I have Much Nostalgia for growing up in rural Oregon, being able to see the stars at night and all that, but I like being able to walk places. I like public transit (even if I haven't used it much in the past few years). I like being able to go places without having to plan my entire day around it. And I don't actually like yard work!

December 3: @coffeeontherocks asked what is my least read genre and why?

We're going to pretend like my most read genre isn't currently "fanfiction"

...mystery, I guess? As for why...well actually I like plenty of stories where there's some sort of mystery to be solved so it's not that I object to solving a case as the central plot, I think it's just that plausibly realistic crime...is not something I find interesting (and a Really Cool Detective isn't gonna be enough of a favorite character type to outweigh that). There are probably mysteries I would like a lot but you'd have to sell them to me individually.

Comments

[sunlit_stone]

I've always wanted—like, fantasy mysteries? Though I think it's difficult to do well.

Come to think of it I feel like a lot of the Vlad Taltos books have a sort of mystery structure? Or some anyway; it's been long enough I can't remember the proportions. But I'm thinking of the first one in particular—given X constraints, solve this problem, even though the problem really isn't solving a crime in the way a mystery would be.

[kolleh]

I've also always been utterly indifferent toward mysteries, despite really enjoying when there's a mystery or two included in a plot. By which I mean when it's set up as an exciting thing you're getting hints about that will be revealed down the line, rather than...a specific murder puzzle with a specific criminal to find, which is less interesting. I've always gotten impatient during casefic as well. Just take me back to the plot where things involving the main characters are happening!

[kiriel123]

Public transit is the best!! I hate driving so much.

I agree about mysteries - I'm a terrible mystery outcome plot guesser and also the type of person to flip to the end before I'm done to see what happens, which makes me the worst mystery reader