Trope preference sorter extraordinaire

Link snagged from isabellerecs: ULTIMATE FANFIC TROPE SHOWDOWN

I'm a bit amused/mildly annoyed that A/B/O was as high on my list as it was (which isn't very high, but still) - it's one of those AU tropes I find inherently cringey in most implementations, but it's REALLY popular in two of my major fandoms, so I've ended up reading quite a bit of it over the last few years, some of which was really good (and usually had some kind of twist on it to handle the agency problems the trope can introduce, which is one of my major complaints about it). So while I don't really seek it out, it's no longer something I only read for morbid curiosity reasons...

I'm not at all surprised that Enemies to Friends to Lovers wound up on top. (As I discussed with shadaras recently, I also enjoy basically all wacky, convoluted permutations that generally fall under the heading "enemies to lovers") :P

Characters Swap Roles AU wound up on the very bottom, and that feels like it wants a little bit of discussion too, so, briefly - these just fundamentally never make much sense to me. Either the "roles" are intrinsically tied up in who the characters are (e.g. in Hannibal) to such an extent that swapping them breaks the characters for me, or it's a situation where while I can conceptualize what the characters would be like in each other's roles, swapping them just brings us to something like the canon dynamic but with the names swapped (e.g. Reaper76). It either completely breaks the characters for me or doesn't feel like a question worth asking.

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Writer memeing

Snagged from silverusagi.


Comment below with any of the following (and a fic, if the question requires it) and I will answer. (NB: My complete fic index is at the top of my journal. If you want to send some of the fic-specific questions but haven't actually read much/any of my work, just pick something from the list at random! Or tell me to, restricted within a given fandom or not.)

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
C: What member do you identify with most from [insert fic[?
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
H: How would you describe your style?
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?
L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?
N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
X: A character you enjoy making suffer.
Y: A character you want to protect.
Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?