PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYY! TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT FOR CELEBRATIONS! ;D
One step ahead of you there. Ladies and gents, your resident alcoholic is already drunk.
Or, well, in that fuzzy mindset where she's usually at when she's drunk. But funny story about how the alcohol in my house is crap.
Uh, you didn't hear that.
Congrats to bobandbill (although I've stormed your celebration thread and have noticed a distinct lack of cupcakes and women), and has that gender-age-species-ambiguous thing in the bikini popped out of the cake yet? No?
I'll be on my way again, then. *takes the liqueur and heads out*
What's your least-favorite genre, and why?
Romance.
In fanfiction, it can be done well in certain circumstances, sure. In fact, yes, I do ship, and yes, I like it when a decent author comes along and writes my ships, preferably with the sweethearts in-character. Likewise, like I don't like having Bill "experiment" with Lanette/Celio/anyone else and finding out he actually sort of likes it.
But the screaming fangirls. The ones who pair up their Mary Sues with their favorite characters, the ones who make the characters in their ship go so far OOC they're barely recognizable, and the ones who use the same damn plots over and over and over again. Please. I have a spork. Do not make me want to insert it into my eye.
Look, kids. I really don't mind romance when it's done well. However, I've seen far too many fics labeled as romance to make me want to click anything that's actually labeled as such. Clichés are not the answer. Arguing doesn't necessarily mean they're destined for each other. Main character male + main character female =/= OTP all the time. And most importantly, Jessie is the one who wears the pants in the relationship. Jessie.
In terms of original fic, from published to crappy smut, I have one thing to say:
Not attractive.
Yes, I'm not fond of original fic romance because it's often too sappy, with the girl being vulnerable and the guy being macho. And if it's not the gender roles, it's the "OMG FOCUS ON LOVE" part of it. And if it's not that, then it's the sex. Because although I can deal with that kind of thing in fanfiction, for some reason, it doesn't float my boat in original. Unfortunately, I have the luck that dictates I can only read romance in which most of what happens is either:
1. A lot of hot, steamy scenes. Usually in potentially public areas. Like the elevators of office buildings.
2. The "strong" female goes out into the world and eventually wrestles with her feelings for a man. ("Strong" in quotation marks because, frankly, she's still a girly-girl who can't actually be independent.)
3. Whiny teenagers finally understand the "meaning of love." Or, alternatively, they're whiny teenagers in older bodies. I'd go further into this subgenre of romance, but I'd really like to forget about those parts of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer whenever I fondly reminisce about the fandom in general.
So, yes. I admit I like some romance, so maybe I can't say I outright hate the entire genre. But a lot of it, especially in fandom? Not particularly fond. Sorry.