Would You Rather? (Fanfic edition)

[CuteBunnyGirl]

This should be pretty simple, you ask would you rather questions regarding fanfiction. This can be about pokemon fanfiction specifically or fanfiction in general. I'll start:

Would you rather read a badly written fanfic with tropes on enjoy or a well written fanfic with tropes you dislike?

 

[K_S]

This should be pretty simple, you ask would you rather questions regarding fanfiction. This can be about pokemon fanfiction specifically or fanfiction in general. I'll start:

Would you rather read a badly written fanfic with tropes on enjoy or a well written fanfic with tropes you dislike?

since i use fandom for a mix match of comfort reading and learning/experimentation i'm pretty chill about quality and hold tropes/story beats as paramount importance.

Granted i will read someyhing w tropes i dont like if i personally like the writer. But beyond that i ususally cant be bothered.

 

[Tango]

There isn't really any fixing a story with tropes I dislike.

Reading a badly written one with tropes I like is much more enjoyable. Especially if I can help the author in some way with making improvements!

I've also noticed that people with badly written fics are more likely to be enjoyable to communicate/interact with. They are also less likely to ghost you from what I have observed. Even an author who writes badly still has their own unique perspective and can still point out useful things in reviews!

I wonder what your response to your own question would be, Bunny?

 

[NebulaDreams]

I've read so much stuff (not just fanfic, stuff like paranormal romances) that have such good concepts and tropes on paper, especially ones I don't see done anywhere else... only for the story to turn out to be utter dogwater. I feel like a lot of literature is trending towards tropes instead of telling actual stories and it can be dangerous to only view a work through that lens. So I'd rather have a good story with none of my preferred tropes.

 

[Mirage]

Depends on how you define bad writing and how strict the tropes are, but overall, I definitely lean towards preferring good writing to tropes I like. I can buy into almost any type of story if the plot's intriguing and the pacing is solid!

 

[Negrek]

It's super tricky... Truly, for me it depends on the specific tropes and how bad/in what way the writing is, heh. Like, there are some tropes I don't like but am willing to look past if I otherwise enjoy the characters, plot, etc. But there are some tropes I absolutely hate that I will immediately drop a story for if they appear. On the flip side, I can enjoy a story that plays into my specific tastes even if it's got some hiccups, but with some tropes I can unfortunately fall into feelings of "you're doing what I love wrong," and if the writing is bad enough that I actively struggle to understand what's going on frequently, I'm obviously not getting through that story.

So overall I think it's one of those terrible "it depends" answers. On balance I'd probably lean towards well-written with tropes I dislike, because I can be annoyed more by quirks of poor writing more than I am the presence of particular tropes.

 

[K_S]

Well since we dont have a new question in the ring i'll toss my hat in...

realizing I missed the point, it's either or... so lets try again.

How do you all like romance in your fic? A well-written romance for a pairing you hate, or a meh-written romance for a pairing you love? (and bad can be defined as dramatically flawed, logically flawed, or whatever flaw strikes your fancy)