I've always had an interest in fic preferences, and I think it's because things like stereotypes affect myself and the people I love IRL. My brother is gay. He's a computer nerd, wears hipster glasses and grandad cardigans and barely reaches six feet tall. His fiance is 6ft 4, and is an MMA fighter, and he gets really annoyed when straight people assume that he's the Top in their relationship, just because Joseph is slighter and therefore less 'manly' than he is. And so it's always at the back of my mind when reading fic: Do I like this just because it fits my subconscious heteronormativity? So I'm always kind of consciously checking myself to make sure that it's an aesthetic I like because I like it, and not because society has programmed me to look for. (I also do it for skin colour: Do I like reading about boys with pale skin getting marked up because I like it, or because people have always pointed out my own dark skin tone in negative ways?)
I get what you mean about that fic you read though, and I think you mean it how I mean it - the dynamic in the bedroom should fit the characterisations in the rest of the fic. And I think that preferences like these really come down to the types of stories we like to read; I know you like an unredeemed!Draco, and I think that Top!Draco really helps showcase that characterisation, so it makes sense to have him written that way, it flows better.
Okay, definitely time to get back to writing my erised *grr* ♥
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Date: 2016-10-29 10:04 am (UTC)I've always had an interest in fic preferences, and I think it's because things like stereotypes affect myself and the people I love IRL. My brother is gay. He's a computer nerd, wears hipster glasses and grandad cardigans and barely reaches six feet tall. His fiance is 6ft 4, and is an MMA fighter, and he gets really annoyed when straight people assume that he's the Top in their relationship, just because Joseph is slighter and therefore less 'manly' than he is. And so it's always at the back of my mind when reading fic: Do I like this just because it fits my subconscious heteronormativity? So I'm always kind of consciously checking myself to make sure that it's an aesthetic I like because I like it, and not because society has programmed me to look for. (I also do it for skin colour: Do I like reading about boys with pale skin getting marked up because I like it, or because people have always pointed out my own dark skin tone in negative ways?)
I get what you mean about that fic you read though, and I think you mean it how I mean it - the dynamic in the bedroom should fit the characterisations in the rest of the fic. And I think that preferences like these really come down to the types of stories we like to read; I know you like an unredeemed!Draco, and I think that Top!Draco really helps showcase that characterisation, so it makes sense to have him written that way, it flows better.
Okay, definitely time to get back to writing my erised *grr* ♥