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mare:
What genres of BSB fanfic do you enjoy reading most?

Which ones do you find the most over-rated?

Which ones are rarely if ever represented anymore and why do you think that is?

If you could do away with one genre which would it be and why?

Discuss!

RokofAges75:
1.  My favorite genres are drama, angst, and suspense, with a hint of romance! :)

2.  The only genre I find overrated is visuals.  To me, a visual isn't a story any more than porno can be considered a movie.  Most of them are the written equivalent of porn... sex, without any real plot or character development, or a cheesy plot at best.  I'm not saying visual writers aren't talented... but I like to see the ones who are use that talent for novels (with sex scenes)!

3.  There's not a whole lot of sci-fi and very few fantasy, aside from the more supernatural/horror stuff, in the Bsb fandom.  To be honest, those aren't my genres of choice, and unfortunately, that seems to be a fairly common opinion among Bsb fanfic readers, which could be why those genres are underrepresent ed.  But, some of the most creative, unique ideas can be found in those genres, so I do think there should be more sci-fis and fantasies!

4.  Visuals?  I'm not a big fan of slash in the Bsb fandom either.  Visuals I've already gotten into, and as for slash, I prefer the Boys to be portrayed true to themselves, or as close as we can come to that, anyway.

nicksgal:
Another good topic!

I really like reading AUs or fantasies... But I'll read practically anything if it's written well. I've enjoyed a lot of suspenses and tear jerkers lately...

Hmmmm... romances. Sorry, I know this one always causes hurt feelings, but it just feels like 90% of them are the same story and it just drags on a lot when nothing happens. One of my favorite fluffy romances was "Whitmore Lake" by Kelly, and it has external drama, that it's not entirely focused on the breaking up and getting back together thirty times thing. I know she based it off the movie Sabrina, but I think it would have been enjoyable even if she hadn't.

AU, fantasy, sci-fi... Probably because everyone who doesn't write them or read them thinks they'll be too confusing to understand, or they think that in order to write them, you have to wade through a bunch of confusing words or know a lot about fantastical things, like telekinesis or something... A really great AU I can think of off the top of my head is 00Carter... I know I write it, but I only write 1/7th of it! I can honestly say that it's not confusing at all, it's more funny than anything else.

Slash or Visuals. I'm sorry, I just hate them both! Too much sex... and it's usually not written believably, so I just end up laughing. lol

honey:
My feelings are so hurt now!  :'(  LOL fluffy, cute warm and fuzzy romantic comedies are the BEST! Seriously. THe lighter and cuter the better! Haha.

I Love romantic comedies the best and I also love AU's! My next favorite would have to be supernatural/suspense/horror.

I guess I would have to say sci-fi fantasy is an under-appreciated genre because there aren't that many. I would love to see more sci-fi stories out there. I would probably love those as much as fluffy romance!

honey:
Oh, and thanks for the Whitmore Lake love! Yeah, that one is based off a movie, but I feel like (excluding some of my earliest stories, *gag*) most of my stories flow that same way. I always have to have an outside story in them as well, because as much as I love romance, I HATE stories where they are on again off again a million times, More than anything!

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