Subject: The few I've seen sporked
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Posted on: 2013-12-02 13:57:00 UTC
Contain improbable anatomy, dubious lube, etc, though I don't think that's absolutely a requirement.
Put it up - we've all been duly warned. :D
What defines Bad Slash Fics?
I've read and reread the article, but aside from impossible positions…..., I have no idea what makes it a bad slash.
Any ideas?
P.S. (Reason I'm asking is because I think I have a fic. But it's well written, but the events are implausible, and there is enough OOC to label it as NSFB. Did I mention its a crossover? Message me if you want the link….)
Contain improbable anatomy, dubious lube, etc, though I don't think that's absolutely a requirement.
Put it up - we've all been duly warned. :D
There's also all the basic stuff that defines a badfic - characters being OOC, spelling/grammar issues, ignoring the rules of the world, manufacturing tension ("Oh Legolas, our manly man-love is forbidden because of prejudice which there is no hint actually exists in Middle-earth!" ~ No-one, ever*)... heck, bad slash can have a Sue or Stu as the main character (remembering that femslash exists). And then there's the general-purpose badly-written-romance stuff ("Oh Leggy my darling will you forsake everything to be with me?" "Yes, dearest Saruman, I shall! Now let me climb your dark tower, if you know what I mean." "Orthanc? But there's nothing up there but the roof..."), and just... it being a bad story. ;)
hS
*How do I know that indicates it's not a thing, rather than that it just never comes up? Simple: Bilbo Baggins, noted crazy person who wandered off with a bunch of foreigners and came back inexplicably wealthy (ifyouknowwhatImean), and also a bachelor in a society where massive families are the expected norm, is allowed to adopt his young cousin with absolutely no fuss, so they can live together in a huuuuge empty house. If people were fussed about homosexuality? That would have been the subject of their rumours, not 'he talks to elves sometimes you know'.
(Note: no, Bilbo and Frodo weren't lovers. But the good folk of the Shire apparently wouldn't have cared if they were)
We'll be able to read the thing and judge for ourselves whether or not it's PPC material.
Anyway, I'm not sure what makes something Bad Slash, but if the Bad Hetero department says anything, I would say that it's any situation where there is a romance fic that is horribly written and full of major stupidity. I don't know, you might want to ask PC or someone who's a veteran of the department since they'll know better than I do.