So the drama whore in me couldn't help but notice there are at least three stories on the Most Recent page right now which have Backstreet Boys in wheelchairs (or who probably will be in wheelchairs once they wake up from their comas... and in that case, make it four!), and I wondered if this is the start of a new trend or something. What do ye think? Are ye on board for a disability fic trend?
What are some other trends ye remember from yer years of reading, and which were yer favorites?
I am totally on board for a disability fic trend because 1) it's angsty, and 2) it's different from what's usually on the Most Recent page. Like Mare said, it is something that has to be done well, and I have read that storyline done well, but that's not to say I wouldn't want to read another if it were well-written.
Other trends I remember... When I started reading fanfics in 1999, it was all girl band stories and stories about Brian's heart. I read tons of those! I also remember several stories about Nick either having an eating disorder or being on drugs around the turn of the century. Then came the bus/car crash stories and kidnapping/hostage stories, and that was a great era. The solo female opening act storyline has always been another popular one and probably got even more popular as pop music changed and the girlband stories died down.
There was also a time in maybe the mid-2000s when vampire stories were really big. Weirdly enough, that was pre-Twilight. I haven't seen many of those lately. I guess we were ahead of the times on that one!
Slash and visuals seemed to be bigger back in the day than they are now, and I remember the fetishy era Mare was talking about, too.
The last couple of years, it's seemed like stories about fictional relatives/children have been big on AC. Like all trends, this stuff must go around in circles because the long-lost sister storyline was another popular one I remember from the early days, as was the love child the Backstreet Boy didn't even know he had fathered until it was left on his doorstep storyline.