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I have never heard of pulled pork or hush puppies, so while I am fascinated by this topic, googling these terms is making me hungry.
What is up with this trend of people writing "the X fic that no one wanted/no one asked for?"
I've seen this so many times on AO3 in the tags or summaries and it's driving me insane. Is it supposed to make me more likely to read a fic or is it some cutesy fandom trend I missed the origin of?
I've seen this so many times on AO3 in the tags or summaries and it's driving me insane. Is it supposed to make me more likely to read a fic or is it some cutesy fandom trend I missed the origin of?
It's mild joking self-deprecation, that's all. In some cases, I suspect it comes from the same place of insecurity as "this is terrible, don't read it" in summaries, but more softened by the awareness that straight-up insulting your own fic in the summary is a bad move. In some cases, people are just poking fun at themselves and their tastes.
I don't know how or why it started, but I immediately scroll past any fic with that phrase in the summary or tags. It's up there on my list with denoting who tops or bottoms, "funny" or "deprecating" author's notes in the tags, summaries talking about how bad the author is at summaries or writing, and fics with a paragraph worth of tags.
It's so good in a burrito! I've never eaten hush puppies but I just looked up what they are and they sound super good omg!
Hux has that barely suppressed air of "I am working with kriffing morons!!!" sort of attitude that a lot of people find easy to identify with. (I also think most people have had a bad day where blowing up a star system would seem really cathartic.)
I had it once at a county fair when I was a kid, it was on a crusty sourdough bun with fried onions and creamy coleslaw on the side.
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Of course.
Of course.
People can CERTAINLY request whatever they want to read. If someone wants to fill it, they will. And if they don't, they won't.
Cole slaw with a bite. I also enjoy collard greens.
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This sounds like a problem with a particular writer, or writers.
There are definitely men who are strictly bottoms and men who are strictly tops (and you really can't argue with me about this because I;ve had these conversations) and I don't think there's anything wrong with someone either prompting that, preferring that dynamic, or scrolling past it because they DON'T prefer it.
People have to practice in order to become better at characterization. Along the way we're going to read every stereotype in the book. People don't get better when they're discouraged from exploring their interpretations.
This sounds like a problem with a particular writer, or writers.
There are definitely men who are strictly bottoms and men who are strictly tops (and you really can't argue with me about this because I;ve had these conversations) and I don't think there's anything wrong with someone either prompting that, preferring that dynamic, or scrolling past it because they DON'T prefer it.
People have to practice in order to become better at characterization. Along the way we're going to read every stereotype in the book. People don't get better when they're discouraged from exploring their interpretations.
If they want to. I don't think it should be a requirement if they prefer not to list it, though.
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It's a fandom wide problem. You'll see it in any fandom.
The issue isn't whether people prefer that in real life, it's the way it's written in fandom because it relies on really negative stereotypes and sometimes edges into fetishizing. Assuming someone bottoms or tops because of their emotional state or physical appearance is problematic. Changing someone's characterization to make them better fit the stereotypical idea of a top or bottom is also problematic.
It's a fandom wide problem. You'll see it in any fandom.
The issue isn't whether people prefer that in real life, it's the way it's written in fandom because it relies on really negative stereotypes and sometimes edges into fetishizing. Assuming someone bottoms or tops because of their emotional state or physical appearance is problematic. Changing someone's characterization to make them better fit the stereotypical idea of a top or bottom is also problematic.
lol, you nailed it.
Have you seen this? http://archiveofourown.org/works/5665846
It genuinely makes me never click on them, because they're right, I don't want it and never asked for it.
With spicy coleslaw on a bun.
So.. am I the only one who suspects that at least some of the recent comment misfires are deliberate? I mean, they are more likely to get a (mini) fill than the average prompt...
Like, there's nothing necessarily wrong with doing that deliberately, I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to cause wank. It's just the sudden uptick, and the randomness of the misfires in the last week seems a little too unlikely. I have no proof though, obviously.
I guess if people are doing it deliberately, all it signifies is that prompts consisting of only a sentence, or a vague reference to something, are more appealing to fillers. Maybe the lack of pressure helps encourage fillers, too.
Like, there's nothing necessarily wrong with doing that deliberately, I don't want anyone to think I'm trying to cause wank. It's just the sudden uptick, and the randomness of the misfires in the last week seems a little too unlikely. I have no proof though, obviously.
I guess if people are doing it deliberately, all it signifies is that prompts consisting of only a sentence, or a vague reference to something, are more appealing to fillers. Maybe the lack of pressure helps encourage fillers, too.
It genuinely makes me want to click on them so I can comment, "You're right, no one did ask for this."
This.
It comes off as desperately seeking approval and attention. No thanks.
It comes off as desperately seeking approval and attention. No thanks.
Misfire fills also get more attention than a regular fill, so it could signify that fillers are bored with being ignored.
Yeah, I know what you mean. As someone who's filled a couple of the early misfires, I enjoyed the sheer novelty of it. It's something pretty unique to kinkmeme culture and it's fun to turn unrelated random into a coherent minifill. The element of being "the first" is also the fun kind of time-pressure/deadline. It means there's less pressure to polish, especially anon.
The sheer number of new misfires has worn some of the polish off for me now and I'm personally backing off on the new ones. I've been on a couple of kinkmemes before and the number of misfires here seems a bit disproportionate. But you know, filling misfires is fun and I wouldn't begrudge anyone the opportunity, even if the circumstances are little more artificial.
The sheer number of new misfires has worn some of the polish off for me now and I'm personally backing off on the new ones. I've been on a couple of kinkmemes before and the number of misfires here seems a bit disproportionate. But you know, filling misfires is fun and I wouldn't begrudge anyone the opportunity, even if the circumstances are little more artificial.
I've been browsing the meme more on my phone the past few weeks and I've had two or three fails because of that (including the pulled pork thing, I was on the bus and distracted) I get what you mean though, some seem suspect. At that point though it's just another prompt, really.
That's a very god point. I have said this elsewhere, but it still surprises me how few comments fills get here, especially in comparison to other kinkmemes.
I definitely don't blame writers for "filling" misfire comments if it means they'll get a decent number of responses to their fic.
I definitely don't blame writers for "filling" misfire comments if it means they'll get a decent number of responses to their fic.
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