Ahahah...I never read much "Writing for Publication" stuff, and one of the reasons why was because a lot of what I did read, just seemed *wrong* to me. Like "killing your darlings" - I heard that, and was like, "but, that's not what I want to read?"
My tastes definitely evolve and change as I move through a fandom; I'd never thought about just completely burning out on something that used to be a strong button-pushing thing, however.
Oh, I've never completely burned out - the same basic scenarios that got me excited when I first started reading fic still stir me now. But I'm a *lot* pickier than I was (a lot of the fic I loved when I first got into fanfic I can barely read now, because of issues with the writing and such...) But more than that, I think my buttons are harder to push...and I think it's not burnout so much as familiarity. Some scenarios are cookie-cutter, I've read enough to know how they'll go, so while once it was only the scenario that got to me, now its execution is as important...
--and completely OT here, but just was thinking about this: (Pern + forced sex + me going DDDDDDD: OH ANNE MCCAFFREY NO as an adult)
which I'd kind of forgotten about, since I haven't read Pern for years...(and I don't know how much it would bother me anyway, since mutual dubcon for the most part doesn't bother me as much as it probably should...) But I wonder if one of the reasons Pern appeals to teenagers is because of that very aspect - does that kind of drug/telepathic-forced sex resonate better with teens? Considering teenagers (well. er. most teenagers ^^;) are struggling with their own developing sexualities, which probably feel pretty forced in themselves - all these strange emotions and desires coming from nowhere and hard to understand...to have an *excuse* for overpowering crazy lust, like telepathic dragons - in some ways it's maybe more comforting than just dealing with one's own hormones?
In conclusion: everyone should read Pern when they're 14, but no later. Because it is a marvelous fantasy if you're the right age for it...
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My tastes definitely evolve and change as I move through a fandom; I'd never thought about just completely burning out on something that used to be a strong button-pushing thing, however.
Oh, I've never completely burned out - the same basic scenarios that got me excited when I first started reading fic still stir me now. But I'm a *lot* pickier than I was (a lot of the fic I loved when I first got into fanfic I can barely read now, because of issues with the writing and such...) But more than that, I think my buttons are harder to push...and I think it's not burnout so much as familiarity. Some scenarios are cookie-cutter, I've read enough to know how they'll go, so while once it was only the scenario that got to me, now its execution is as important...
--and completely OT here, but just was thinking about this:
(Pern + forced sex + me going DDDDDDD: OH ANNE MCCAFFREY NO as an adult)
which I'd kind of forgotten about, since I haven't read Pern for years...(and I don't know how much it would bother me anyway, since mutual dubcon for the most part doesn't bother me as much as it probably should...) But I wonder if one of the reasons Pern appeals to teenagers is because of that very aspect - does that kind of drug/telepathic-forced sex resonate better with teens? Considering teenagers (well. er. most teenagers ^^;) are struggling with their own developing sexualities, which probably feel pretty forced in themselves - all these strange emotions and desires coming from nowhere and hard to understand...to have an *excuse* for overpowering crazy lust, like telepathic dragons - in some ways it's maybe more comforting than just dealing with one's own hormones?
In conclusion: everyone should read Pern when they're 14, but no later. Because it is a marvelous fantasy if you're the right age for it...