3) The glut of Daniels/Styles fic. It's not a pairing I get to start with so it takes a good author to get me to believe it, and while there are writers out there writing them that can do it, an awful lot of them can't.
I've got to agree with that. I have one author whose Styles/Daniels stuff I genuinely enjoy reading, mostly because the author always comes at the pairing from a different angle with each fic. The biggest problem with Styles/Daniels seems to be "AJ is the innocent goodly virgin" and Daniels is the "corrupt, jaded misanthrope" and they will come together and Daniels will be healed, huzzah. If you stick to those stereotypes, it's easy to write those two because hey, built in characters as opposed to making anything your own.
On the subject of number one, I've got to add, that it really irks me when people become each other's "husbands." Now granted, I'm not into the gay scene and really don't know that many IRL, but it's always struck me as wrong somehow. I usually go with something like "partner."
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Date: 2007-03-10 11:13 pm (UTC)I've got to agree with that. I have one author whose Styles/Daniels stuff I genuinely enjoy reading, mostly because the author always comes at the pairing from a different angle with each fic. The biggest problem with Styles/Daniels seems to be "AJ is the innocent goodly virgin" and Daniels is the "corrupt, jaded misanthrope" and they will come together and Daniels will be healed, huzzah. If you stick to those stereotypes, it's easy to write those two because hey, built in characters as opposed to making anything your own.
On the subject of number one, I've got to add, that it really irks me when people become each other's "husbands." Now granted, I'm not into the gay scene and really don't know that many IRL, but it's always struck me as wrong somehow. I usually go with something like "partner."