[NancyBrooke]

I like stories that tell me something new about the characters, and try to write the same. If it's humor, romance, adventure, angst or just a vignette I don't care, so long as it's character driven. Or sex driven, whatever ...

No secret ... can't abide those stories that tend to be the province of fangrls: Legomance, Haldimance, "Girl falls into ME," Mary Sue ...

If I can be so unsubtle (and I can - Oh, I can), reading even the summary of one of those can make me

[SecretKeeper]

I keep trying to write like an adventure and quest filled thing with tons of serious topics and complex story lines then I get confused. Hence why my fic "Primoris" isn't being updated. *sighs*

However, I'm better at making fluffies and dark poetry because the style of poetry I use varies plus it's easier for me (personally) to write fluffies. That's my category and genre. I don't read a lot of poems but I do like Frost, Poe and Yeats. I also like anything from Tolkein but then again I'm a fan!

Hm...as a fan fic reader...I read almost anything. I don't read Mpreg or Slash fics. However, the latter is an iffy topic since I'm a fan of some slash couples though they are NOT from the Tolkein universe. I do love a good angst and romance. I'm fond of the action and adventure but really not into the sci-fi stuff. I like realism and I have to laugh at the fic or else I'll be turned off from it.

SO....there we go.

[Ariel]

Hmmm... Angst. And hobbits. And smut, especially with hobbits. I like romance, action/adventure, gapfillers and book canon, especially skillfully book integrated stories. I'll read Gondorian stuff and Rohan stuff, and while I will crack open the occasional elf fic, I really have a hard time staying interested when its just elves, no matter what they are doing and no matter how well the story is written. I've tried for the sake of friends who write them, but they just don't thrill me in the slightest.

Ariel

[DarkElfChilde]

I write whatever happens to interest me, and what I'm good at writing, like dark, drama, and action/aventure. My romances usually turn into a cheesy moldly muck...yeah.


- DEC

[RobinKa]

As fics reader I can say: poetry, Silm fics and anything Haldir's involved. That's what I love to read, apart of the genre of particular story.

As for writing, well, I'm currently grabbing an opportunity to make poetry in English. I've got quite a few poems so far (though not every one refers to Tolkien's fandom). I'll be glad to publish them here.

And the day may come when I write something longer than a 100-words drabble

Robin

[Shanalir]

I tend to like almost anything, with any characters. Not too big on angst, but I enjoy a well written piece now and then. Mostly its the stuff that is a character filler, rounding out a characters personality, and expanding on events that were hinted at or touched on, but not really gone into. And I love the stuff with a little humour in it.

[ghettoelleth]

Laughably idiotic, "archaic" vocabulary, degenerating into vomitous and innapropriate modern vernacular in the smut.

Can't get enough of the lung buster laugh fests.

[HeartoftheNight]

I suppose truthfulness is required in this thread. Damn. Anyway, I tend to go strait for the romance with a good dose of humour and angst and drama are ok too. I'm not really into hobbit fics cause I haven't really read any great ones, except for two and those were just damn fabulous, but otherwise no hobbits. I'm really against the slash and mpreg. I don't have anything against gays or that, but I'm a firm believer that Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, and Legolas were heterosexual (sp?). The slash just bugs me because every time we watch a LOTR movie my two very annoying brothers call out comments to the tv. I get enough at home, don't want to read it.

And those over used cliched Mary Sues drive me nuts, though currently I'm writing a story that is hovering on the brink of over used and cliched. Or perhaps already fallen over? But all the fan fictions with the girls from Earth after Leggsie and Aragorn just make me want to tear my hair out. There need to be more of those, except with Eomer as the object of their lust. Couldn't help myself.

I don't go for anything Sil because I don't know it and I get hoplessly confused. And i tend to like fics set after the War of the Ring. Then you aren't inhibited by the timeline and its less easy to make mistakes.

And when I said romance above I don't mean just the smut, (at least not all the time ) I mean romance as in romance, falling in love without all da sex. Though that isn't unwanted.

In writing, well, more romance. I'm sorry, I'm just one of those people that likes to have a happy ending somewhere. I tend to write stories, both fanfiction and original, with some kind of romance, hopefully humour, and occasionaly a storyline though the latter doesn't happen often. I'd like to write real good complex stories with great storylines, but sadly (or not) I don't have the brain power for it. And when it comes to smut, well I'm not that good at it, though I have posted a one chapter thingie on another site.

Anyhow, that's my rant for the night. One of my longer ones. I need to be quiet now and stay away from the coffee. Really, really need to stay away from the coffee....

[Eruanna]