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Lucky | Late 20s | Queer | Ao3 | Mostly a whatever I feel like posting type of blog. A lot more multi-fandom these days. Multishipper since forever. 💖

[lucky-bishop]

What do you think about the terms erotica and smut? I personally enjoy using the term smut. I feel like erotica has become like "elevated horror." What are your thoughts?

I'll be honest, I don't have much to say here. I think I tend to refer to erotica more if I'm talking to someone irl (and just in general). I think they're loosely interchangeable but I do tend to think of it more as erotica is a story about something else with sexual elements and smut is a story where the sexual elements are the primary point. Just my thoughts though!

[lucky-bishop]

Hi! Hope you don't mind I'm back with another trope for grading! (Actually two, because I'm a very curious person)

- All human AUs

- Body Swap

Of course!!

All human AUs are a D for me in fandoms where there's established supernatural context. I don't haaaaaaaaaate it, I've read several over the years that are beautifully well-written, but I won't ever seek it out. It feels to me like it can strip some elements of the story and who the characters are away.

Body swap is a B! Very fun for antics and hijinks but also great for perspective (literally putting a character in another character's shoes). Not something I necessarily seek out heavily but I enjoy it when I read it a lot!

[fagflint]

i think its so CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY shane has been forced to be bigger than he wants to be bc of all of his strife and obstacles he cant afford to seem weak or small so he has to be Strong and Big and ilya gives him a space to let that go and be small and let things happen to him and not force his strength. and ILYA has been fucking shut down and humiliated and dominated by his father and brother made Smaller than he wants to be but he cant be big to them and he can be biggEr in hockey but hes still put down abt it by his family and haters constantly and SHANE!!!! shane my god shane gives him a space to be big and be Unquestionably big and for someone to love him while hes being big and mean and dominating and hes never gotten that before. lets all live theyre literally perfect for each other theyre the oasis in a desert for each other for BOTH of them ilyas the only one for shane and shanes the only one for ilya too.

[lucky-bishop]

Hi Lucky!

How do you feel about fake relationships?

Hi hi!!

I'm going to give fake relationships a B- (I was debating between B and C). When well executed it's a trope I absolutely love, however it can blur the lines so heavily and if it leans too far into miscommunication (to the point where it feels like one or both of them have to be deliberately obtuse and overly stubborn about it) it can take the enjoyment out of it for me, even if I'll still finish it most of the time.

[lucky-bishop]

For the ask game: there is only one bed 😯

Oh an absolute A! Bonus points for additions like: putting pillows down the center of the bed this is MY side that is YOUR side cut to them waking up cuddling, take the bed no YOU take the bed NO YOU TAKE THE BED, full pajamas vs 'I sleep naked you're lucky I'm keeping my underwear on', etc. A beautiful springboard of a trope to so much delight!

[lucky-bishop]

For fanfic trope grading: mpreg

C! Not something that initially attracts me to a story. I've read some incredible fic with this trope that's been handled really well, but I do have to say that the handling of it in any way that I don't enjoy is a quick back button for me.

[lucky-bishop]

Tropes ask game:

Mutual pining

Forced proximity

Accidental marriage

I gotcha!!

I also answered for mutual pining (A++++++ I eat that shit up) and had forced proximity as a B (it's up there but not top top tier).

For sex pollen/aliens made them do it, I'm going to go with a B as well. There's a lot to be said about dubcon that I'm a big fan of, but I can be weary of it if only because sometimes I think it leads to a lot of OOC action/dialogue, where the interesting part to me is how those characters react to each other and the outside force (sex pollen/aliens/etc.)

Accidental marriage is an A to me! So much humorous potential and it gets funnier to me the further they are from getting married (just barely dating, strangers, maybe they hate each other, etc.) it's a ton of fun with so many ways for it to play out. Also I looooove scenes in fic with this trope where they have to explain themselves to their loved ones. Comedy gold!

[lucky-bishop]

Hooray fanfic trope grading!

Let’s go with……. 🤔

Mutual pining!!

A+++++++++++++++ I love that shit!! It's so much fun when they're down bad for each other but trying to maintain their cool omfg.

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[lucky-bishop]

Ask game tropes: forced proximity

B! Not my absolute favorite thing of all time, but I'm definitely a fan of it. There's something really fantastic about people who were SO sure that they couldn't get along either finding common ground OR (and in my opinion this is much more fun) starting to find the irritants/differences/what have you that they had about each other incredibly endearing. The transition of using the same/similar insults to when they maybe didn't get along to be fond...that's the good shit.

[kosmogrl]

[lunarriviera]

[transfemmbeatrice]

thought of this immediately and was delighted to discover it’s the same op

[lazy8blog]

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.

F: Hate it. Will immediately make me nope out of a fic.

[ahotknife]

One day this kid will come to know something that causes a sensation equivalent to the separation of the earth from its axis.

Shane Hollander + David Wojnarowicz | Untitled (One Day This Kid...) | 1990

[the-enchanted-little-star]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[leolaroot]

[mx-misty-eyed]

rb to give a snout-out to the gays

[peg-the-empire]

i love making friends in fandom, i love playing with our toys together, i love coming up with increasingly niche aus, i love lifting strangers up, i love motivating people to create, i love watching someone get excited over an idea and immediately running with it, i love yelling in tags together, i love seeing someone gain confidence in their writing/art because people were kind to them <33

[easterndaylighttime]

if I just had the presence of mind and the wherewithal and the chutzpah and the bandwidth and the executive function and the energy and the mental resources and the spoons and the right attitude and the capacity and the gumption and th