themodawakens ([personal profile] themodawakens) wrote in [community profile] tfa_kink2015-12-19 05:07 pm
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-12 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
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?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-12 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-12 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-12 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It genuinely makes me never click on them, because they're right, I don't want it and never asked for it.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-12 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It genuinely makes me want to click on them so I can comment, "You're right, no one did ask for this."

(Anonymous) 2016-02-13 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
This.

It comes off as desperately seeking approval and attention. No thanks.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-13 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I just scroll when I see that, just like I scroll for "WAIT, HEAR ME OUT!" or "Just give it a chance!" or anything that's trying to argue with me. I don't care if it's my OTP and my bulletproof kink, anything aggressively defensive like that and I'm out. Same for prompts.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-13 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Same. Also notes that state "this is my first fic, be kind" or "new to this fandom, be nice". It comes off as passive aggressive and that annoys me.

(Anonymous) 2016-02-16 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
what about "this is my first fic, please tell me if you spot mistakes?"

(Anonymous) 2016-02-13 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
This. Especially in prompts. Cannot scroll fast enough.
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