Yes, stereotypes can be damaging. I love writers who play with subverting those expectations - I've blethered on about Alexis Hall on LJ before, but I love his book For Real which has a young, inexperienced, hard up Dom with an older, experienced, confident and financially successful sub. It works so well. I just read another of his where the more feminine and physically slight partner tops the butch, muscly, tattooed guy - who is scared out of his wits about it. It was a great scene!
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
Agreed, 100%. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy sub!Draco stories, or top!Harry, but the writer has more work to convince me that I like it, because it doesn't always fit with my expectations or preferences for characterisation.
Thank you for the interesting discussion. Now totally back to erised. (The mods are watching!!)
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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
Agreed, 100%. That doesn't mean I can't enjoy sub!Draco stories, or top!Harry, but the writer has more work to convince me that I like it, because it doesn't always fit with my expectations or preferences for characterisation.
Thank you for the interesting discussion. Now totally back to erised. (The mods are watching!!)