Re: Do you read fandoms you don't know?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Not in Yuletide. It's something I do in Nonconathon and SmutSwap for kinky PWPs that will, um, serve their purpose even if I don't know the canon at all, but for fics that tell an actual story, I personally need to know who the characters are and be invested in their dynamic. Possibly because all my favorite narrative tropes (trapped in a small space together, identity porn, Groundhog Day, Stockholm Syndrome, etc.) rely on the emotional connection between the characters. So without knowing about that, I get nothing out of the fic. I could imagine that this is different for someone who is into, say, mystery plots or worldbuilding.