averygoodun42 | Bemoaning ships

SS/HG is, with a few definite and excellent exceptions, boring me. The exchange has been good so far, and I've enjoyed many of the pieces offered there, but otherwise?

One trope after another. Most of the time Snape overreacts to his feelings and becomes stupid!Snape, which I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate. I don't like Hermione becoming a wimp or an idiot in the face of her feelings either, and that seems all too common, even when Snape remains in character.

I'm not about to turn to a different ship, either. Harry and Ginny would be the only tolerable canon pairing (I do like Hermione/Ron, but NOT as JK wrote them or set them up). I know many of you are into LM/HG, but I just can't buy it. First, Lucius is obviously in love with Narcissa, and she with him. Second, that's the only good thing I can say about Lucius.

Good looks and money do not a good enough pairing make, and they certainly don't change him from a pureblood elitist to a genuine mudblood lover. And Hermione isn't about to disregard his past or his ambitions. She's idealistic, not stupid.

Now, I know there are stories out there that make a good case, but... The brokenness on the parts of all the players needs to be so high that it's not fun to read in quantity, and it certainly isn't fun to think about. And I do think about stories after I read them. The ideas stick in my mind until they break down into digestible pieces of brain rot.

I used to read to the end of stories, even if I thought them descending into instant brain rot. I can't be bothered now. My inner compost bin is full.

There are some amazing stories out there, but, for the most part, I'm done. It doesn't inspire me to do anything more than push the back button, and the point of my reading fanfic is to be inspired creatively.

And I'm not going to delve into gen. My fascination with the HP universe is not overwhelmingly strong at this point.

*shrug*

I don't know. I'm probably just being hypercritical at the moment, but these aren't new thoughts, either. I guess I just want to see something inspirational again. Like it was before OotP. Something that makes my head spin and fingers itch.

Probably I just need to get out of the house. ;-)

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I've noticed that most of the posting these days seem to be HG/SS. While I enjoy the exchanges (and my faves are snarky and sarcastic Snape and strong Hermione), I'm ready to read other stuff.

I'm enjoying the story I'm writing (GW/Oliver Wood) with a heavy dose of the twins. I'm a bit slow with writing, but it's fun.

I'm hoping that someone can point me in the direction of some fun stories at are beyond HG/SS and aren't Lucius in a romantic role other than Narcissa.

I haven't even been checking out the archives. Haven't for ages. It's possible that I'm just read-out at the moment. I haven't really picked up anything to read lately, even though I've got several good books lying around.

At some point I'll read your story. Some time when I want to read HP-verse again.

"First, Lucius is obviously in love with Narcissa, and she with him. Second, that's the only good thing I can say about Lucius." - Yeah, that about sums my feeling on that ship up in a nutshell, LOL!

I know exactly what you mean about getting bored with this ship.

You know, I lost interest in HP two years ago, let it rest and it came back to me last fall. I'm reading a lot of fics right now, but what you said about pairings is true. I can't see LM/HG either. I'm sure eventually the interest will wane and probably come back after a few month of abstinence again.

My interest has been waning for a while. Sometime last year I stopped checking out the archives, and I've gradually cut back to basically only recommended fics or WIPs that I started ages ago (like "Pet Project"). I'm not even reading all my favorite author's fics anymore.

I'm sure something will come along and revive my interest a bit, but... yeah.

(looks furtively...) I've looked at other interesting ships that aren't so popular, like Severus-Luna and Draco-Luna. I think Luna is underused, which also means she isn't burdened by as many fanon quirks. would that make your head spin?

SS/LL is another ship I just can't see, although for different reasons than LM/HG. Draco-Luna works pretty well, but mostly, I'm just tired of HP-verse. At the very least, post HBP canon-compliant HP-verse.

I think that possibly because there's just so MUCH of it, a large proportion of what is out there is of indifferent quality or worse.

I don't think it's unusual in you to be more critical in your reading, or to have reduced your exposure to the fandom and the ship. I've been having something like this conversation with others.

As for the ship, well, SSHG is very popular and can work very well, but its popularity is also its curse. There isn't a lot new that can be done with it; also the weaker writers (and even some of the strongere ones) will tend to fall into the same old tropes you have seen so often simply because they have come to dominate.

Any field will do this. I love fantasy, but there's very little out there that I find worth reading more than three chapters of. :-(

Don't sweat it. You'll either find something that sparks your enthusiasm in this fandom again, or you'll find something else. We change, and our perceptions and needs change.

Out of interest, which exchange fics have you liked so far? I'm way behind on the reading and could do with the odd rec.

Perhaps. I don't know. I've even been unsatisfied with stories by my favorite authors. *shrug*

I know change is inevitable. But... this is where my friends are! /whine

Exchange fics? Oh dear. I haven't been keeping a list, so I can't say off hand. I'll look them over and get back to you, though.

But you don't have to leave your friends behind! We don't just like you for your fandom activities, you know.

*squishes*

I feel largely the same way. I have started to read more of other ships to make up for it. Although I’m also just much less tolerant of fics I don’t like -- I used to finish most everything I started (unless you REALLY hit a pet peeve of mine). Now if you haven’t drawn me in by chapter two, or if I feel I’ve read the story before, or if I don’t like something… I just stop reading. And what drew me to SS/HG was the creativity in the ship… but now, I’m just kind bored. (With exceptions, like you said)

But I did enter SS/HG through DM/HG, which I have largely ignored for the past three years. Now I find myself reading lots more DM/HG. My OTP, so to speak, has always been CW/HG, so I’ve been seeking that out more. And I am really enjoying non-HG rare-pairs, which I never read before.

But I also am pretty limiting because I try to mostly read only DH compliant fic. And mostly epilogue compliant fic too… which is pretty hard to find (and yet there’s so many ways to still get non-canon characters together…).

Interest waxes and wanes. But as you're enjoying the exchange, it's probably unlikely that you're about to lose interest completely at the moment.

I used to devour anything and everything HGSS, but pick and choose now. Some things just don't appeal.

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