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Spuffy fantasy fiction is evil.

I don't know why I get sucked in reading it. Most of it is terrible, and the best ones are only alright, or half-decent.

Even the ones with better writing style often have terrible plots.

It's horribly mushy. 9.5 tines our of 10 Spike is dramatically out of character. The saccahrine levels are so high I feel I need an insulin shot after reading it. And always, always, Spike is portrayed as the perfect boyfriend material who is drastically unnapreciated by Buffy (who is either dating Riley or Angel at the time) until she comes to her senses and a) jumps him, or b) asks him to the prom.

Ick.

And yet, I still read some of them.

Though, to be fair, Zarrah's new fic Blast from the Past does have good, hot smut. And it's not set in High School, which helps.

Comments

[truecrystal.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Thanks a lot. I'm reading this now and I. can't. stop. It's not even like a train wreck that you can't turn away from. It's more like a piece of gristle that's caught in your teeth that's irritating the shit of you. But instead of getting up off your lazy ass and getting a toothpick or some floss, you keep messing with it with your tongue hoping to get it out. And then you finally do manage to get it out with your tongue after all and you end up swallowing a nasty ass piece of gristle.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know. Except now I'm almost sorry I did link it, because if the author happens to sumble upon my LJ she might hate me. And I don't want her to feel bad, because it really is one of the better of the spuffy fantasy fictions.

And yet, it is like a train wreck, or a burning house, or a riot. You just can't turn away.

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[truecrystal.livejournal.com]

Well, there is something to be said for being able to hold the interest of your audience.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

that's true. credit for that.