meeeeh, random meta time ^^

Man, I'm drowning in Sentinel fic (ahhh, the freedom of good!fic and not really knowing what a fanon!Blair or fanon!Jim would even BE... bliss), but feel a bit rueful that it's not even an option to join the fandom-- all the fics were written '98-'01, it seems like. This seems to be a trend with the fandoms I stumble into, like Highlander & even Star Wars: TPM; it's generally not when there's a big to-do about it among the lj crowd. I just sort of find some good fanfiction & go 'hmmm', and then that snowballs. 'Cause like, the truth is, even the fans admit these are cheesy, cheesy shows. Like, with the exceptions to this (Smallville & The OC), I -tried- watching the show as it was on, but I have no patience for cheesy bad!TV. In fact, I don't watch TV in general for that very reason (ie, it's too cheesy/lame and when it's not it's just repetitive or not my preferred genre or... etc)

So the appeal is generally not the show, and that's a good thing, 'cause when by some miracle I Really Like The Show enough to watch compulsively, you'd have a really hard time getting me to slash (which is a sort of Catch-22, isn't it).
    I was sort of thinking about this, and I think there are categories of Characters or Couples I Don't Slash, like--

( ...um. ^^; )

Er, yeah, okay, there was no point to this post! Unless! You want to discuss/tell me what -your- pairing patterns are, if you have some quirky pattern to it, anyway, rather than 'oh, I generally just like canon' or 'oh, I just like anything if it's hot' :D I'm equally fascinated by both mine & others' quirks (...sadly, I know) :>

poooorn [and disclaimers] *____*

You know, as a caveat, I understand why 'the public' needs protecting from certain kinds of information-- information they think they want, but they'd overreact to, would panic & be irrational about. Though I still think that info should be -available- and out there if you jump through enough hoops/are seriously interested.
    That said, if you happen to go to the Good Vibrations website (which is a sex-toy shop), they ask you if you're over 18, and if you click no, they point you to teen sex-health websites & online magazines. Which... y'know, is good (them existing), and yeah, I know it's Teh Law, okay, but at the same time I'm like '...I don't remember needing specialized and/or dumbed down info when I was 16'. -.-

In general, sometimes I feel pretty alone in my utter not caring about whether someone under 18 reads my OMG(!!) HP pr0n (likewise about the rare occasions I actually draw some).
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