A truly hot take
Feb. 5th, 2021 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primeidealA new story for fandom A!
Sometimes it makes me cheer "hooray!"
Or sometimes back-click in dismay:
"Your kink's not mine, and that's okay"
Is something that I often say
When I browse fics in fandom A.
But when I try to filter out
I sometimes want to scream and shout:
I do not want that fusion fic.
I do not want it booping dick.
I do not like it with femslash,
Or in a short-term drabble flash.
Not with the monster of the week.
It's not the setting that I seek.
Not with five things (or the plus one):
It's not something I think is fun.
I do not like your canon B!
I tried it! It was not for me!
Its magic/setting/tone in tropes
Is something on my list of nopes.
The world the author tried to build
Has left me bored, rather than thrilled.
Its messages, symbols and themes
Don't line up with my hopes and dreams
Especially my dreams for those
Survivors of Canon A's woes.
Advertising your tropes is nice:
But tags warn, not only entice.
And we can use them to avoid
Things we know will make us annoyed.
That nice "avoid crossovers" box
Is there for me, on main or socks--
(As well for B fans who dislike
A's shippy fave, the fandom bike)
If you tag, so we can exclude
The works that won't improve our mood.
("Yes but what if the fandom B fans are upset or annoyed at the implication that any other characters would be more interesting or exciting than their favorite characters from fandom B???!" I don't know, what if the fandom A fans are upset or annoyed at the implication that any other worldbuilding or themes could be more interesting or exciting than their favorite worldbuilding or themes from fandom A? Just because the latter are less easy to make canonical tags for doesn't mean they're not important to what we like or dislike about a canon.)
Sometimes it makes me cheer "hooray!"
Or sometimes back-click in dismay:
"Your kink's not mine, and that's okay"
Is something that I often say
When I browse fics in fandom A.
But when I try to filter out
I sometimes want to scream and shout:
I do not want that fusion fic.
I do not want it booping dick.
I do not like it with femslash,
Or in a short-term drabble flash.
Not with the monster of the week.
It's not the setting that I seek.
Not with five things (or the plus one):
It's not something I think is fun.
I do not like your canon B!
I tried it! It was not for me!
Its magic/setting/tone in tropes
Is something on my list of nopes.
The world the author tried to build
Has left me bored, rather than thrilled.
Its messages, symbols and themes
Don't line up with my hopes and dreams
Especially my dreams for those
Survivors of Canon A's woes.
Advertising your tropes is nice:
But tags warn, not only entice.
And we can use them to avoid
Things we know will make us annoyed.
That nice "avoid crossovers" box
Is there for me, on main or socks--
(As well for B fans who dislike
A's shippy fave, the fandom bike)
If you tag, so we can exclude
The works that won't improve our mood.
("Yes but what if the fandom B fans are upset or annoyed at the implication that any other characters would be more interesting or exciting than their favorite characters from fandom B???!" I don't know, what if the fandom A fans are upset or annoyed at the implication that any other worldbuilding or themes could be more interesting or exciting than their favorite worldbuilding or themes from fandom A? Just because the latter are less easy to make canonical tags for doesn't mean they're not important to what we like or dislike about a canon.)
