shadowhive

Challenge #14

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. (Or a few!) What makes it particularly appealing for you? What do you like in fanworks featuring that trope? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I’m gonna split this answer into two parts, things I like to watch and things I like to read/write.

Sci-fi stuff broadly speaking, if it is a show or film that’s set in space, I’m gonna be interested in it. From Star Wars and Star Trek to Doctor Who and Farscape, if it’s set in space I wanna see it. Why? Well I’m not exactly sure what the appeal is. I’ve just always had a fascination with space, so anything that taps into that holds an appeal to me. Plus sci-fi shows tend to tell interesting stories with equally interesting characters.

Detective stuff this is another broad one. I’ve always had an interest in whodunnits and murder mysteries, especially since they’re a staple of British tv. I have a tendency to like it more if it’s light hearted (Father Brown or Murder She Wrote) but I do like it darker if it’s done well (Silent Witness) but if it gets too grim I do tend to switch off. An important part, though, is the interplay between the characters. If that’s not well done then my interest just isn’t there. (Instinct, Bones, the NCIS series are all good examples of these)

Alternate universes/timelines I love when a show decides to show of an alternate universe, where everything is different. I especially love things like Earth 2 in The Flash, or the mirror universe in Star Trek, where everyone (or most people) are just evil. You can tell that the cast have a lot of fun playing these vastly different version of themselves. I also love seeing this in fic too, though it’s not often done.

Now onto the reading/writing side. (I could add mor3 to the watching side but brain=mush)

GSF/poly/open relationships one thing I like to read is gsf. In bandom (where I tend to be now) this tends to be the whole band together and I just.... love that. I love when they’re in, essentially, an open poly relationship with each other. (We need more poly stuff in general)

Sibling incest I can’t help it. If I see two hot brothers together, I’m gonna ship it. The Ways, the Maddens, the Palaye boys, Ben/Diego/Klaus, even the Winchester’s (despite not watching Supernatural in ages). I’m not sure what it, but just... Unf. Maybe it’s the forbidden love angle, since I mostly read it when it’s all consensual. I dunno I just love

BDSM most of the fic I love reading is smut fic and I love when various kinks are involved, from bondage and cock cages to watersports and gags, I just love it despite not having the experience myself. Maybe it’s like a form of living through it? I dunno.

Tentacles/ovipositon/body horror I’m smushing these things together cause... well just cause. I love tentacles. I think it started when I saw a pic of Link and Morpha from Ocarina Of Time and it just spiralled from there. Ovipositon is awesome too, because unf. And I love body horror stuff, where people undergo changes due to aliens/magic/infections.

I just woke from a nap before doing this, so I’m sure I’d add more if I was more focussed ah well.

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Onto rest of the post now.

Last night I had my eye on a Doctor Who collection season 19 boxset, since it was buy it now and it’s one of th only ones I don’t have (other than 12, which is getting rereleased so I’m waiting on that). I dunno why but it was still there after midnight so I ordered it.

Of course now that I’d ordered it, Mcr have added a new uk date. Ugh, it’s still in MK for some reason and it goes on sale Thursday so I’m gonna try and get it. I’m just glad I hadn’t gotten any of the other things I was meaning to order. I’m only gonna go for one of the cheaper seats, because I think that almost £100 is a bit much (and I think the view will be better than it would be standing).

Last night I got linked to Set It Off’s Lonely Dance and, damn, do I relate to that song so hard.

This morning I went to take something back for mum and get my meds. I’ve requested they switch to the smaller size which is easier to swallow. There was no bargains or anything today, though there was a cute dog leaving pets at home and I got doritos from Tesco.

I’m gonna get back to ficcing once I’ve had noms. My fic to do list is mostly the two xmas fic (which I still need to think on), an mcr gsf and a request from curious cat for a Rikey.

I’ve ended up signing up for another thing. I’ve already signed up for

fandomtrumpshate And Ve now signed up for:

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A fandom auction helping raise donations for those affected by the Australian Bushfires.

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If you wanna join too feel free to take a look. Like with fandomtrumpshate my offer for it is bandom related so... I’m not expecting anything but, you never know.

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vaysh

I love how you say, I dunno I just love. :D With kinks and motifs/themes, I find it hard to explain WHY that is. I don't really want to explain it. :) Also: Ben/Diego/Klaus. Mmmmm... I see the appeal.

shadowhive

I have a tendency to like things and not know why, which I think is pretty obvious hee
Oh yeah they’re pretty boys and have such chemistry so of course I’m gonna do this *pushes them together*😁

dreamersdare

Ha, I got really bloody frustrated with UA (can't now remember all the reasons why, but did feel like they ended it in the middle of spinning a story, which was deeply unsatisfying). However, i did VERY MUCH have my eye on Diego/Klaus (because i love me some fucked up boys :D)

Is that a third MCR date at MK? I knew there was a second but thought it already sold out?

And more fandom auctions. Gah. Wanna. Shouldn't.

I watched it in a weekend and loved it, though yeah ending at that point was very ahhhh! Inducing. I love them so much, I always did in the comics so to see them together and like that too, unfff. I ended up writing all the things last year with them

Yeah the first two are sold out so they added a third today!

Aww🖤I’ve never done one before, either bidding or participating so this is new

I never read the comics (it's a medium I struggle to get into as a general rule). Okay, which is your favourite UA fic of the ones that you've written?

Wow. Someone loves MK, I guess (I am not really sure why...)

I've done them a few times, years ago. I like them a lot, but I'm also concious of the potential pressure...

spikedluv

Sibling incest

I don't look for it, but if it's obvious they've got feelings for each other . . . Did you ever watch Numb3rs?

Sometimes my incest sense tingles right away, other times it takes for them to do... something obvious. I’ve never seen it but now I’m curious? What’s it about?

Numb3rs: An FBI agent and a mathematical genius solve crimes. Don, the older brother (by 5 years if memory serves) is an FBI agent. Charlie is the math genius currently teaching at CalSci (CalTech). They had a strained childhood because Charlie graduated with Don's HS class and his parents were always doing things to help Charlie's genius. (On IMDb.)

Anyway, the first season is really all about Don and Charlie's relationship. Their father says things to Don like, you know Charlie can't say no to you.

Additional seasons cut down on the 'incestuous feels' that the first season had (probably because they went, holy crap, we didn't mean to do that!) and it felt like a totally different show, but those 13 eps were *flails* fodder for so much Don/Charlie. Other pairings became popular in future seasons, but Don/Charlie reigned for a while, and still might be the champs, I don't know.

Here is a photo from season one (on IMDb). Rob Morrow played Don; David Krumholtz played Charlie; and Judd Hirsh played their father Alan. There were other great characters, but it was all about the brothers for me. *g*

kingstoken

Sibling incest is not my first go to, but boy, do I get it. I completely understand reading Wincest, especially in the early seasons, because the situation was just ripe for it. I don't feel guilty about it, but hey, I come from GoT fandom, where sibling incest is barely even considered a kink.

I only watched the first few seasons of the show and yep they were so damn obvious it was insane. 🖤 that’s true! I’ve not seen much got but I know that much!