Ok, very delayed reply, since I forgot to follow up that weekend. Bit of tl;dr, too.
First assumption: I need a narrative to follow to get fannish about something. I've always been more focused on the characters rather than the plot, but the characters have always been part of a larger story with themes I love: the Dune books, The Sparrow, Gateverse, Supernatural. Now that I've been fangirling Adam for a bit now, I'm finding that I apparently don't need that. His general awesomeness appears to be enough to hold my interest (as along as you and a couple of others will keep posting about him so I know what's going on out there!)
Second assumption: "Realistic" RPF is not for me. Of course it was just over a year ago that I started reading RPF at all. I never did (and still don't) in Gateverse, and am still a little shocked that I'm so fond of J2 AUs. But reading "realistic" J2 makes me uncomfortable, and did even before they got engaged/married. And here I am reading about "characters" who are real people in stories that are exactly like realistic J2, and it's not squicking me at all, and I just don't know why. Unless he really is "a glittery alien" and that's why this fandom is different.
And I've done more reading now (thanks to yeats' fic list), and I'm starting to understand some of what you said upthread about the fic. I love Adam and Kris friendship fic, and I was actually disappointed with a story I read this week because it turned into romance (even though it was very well done). And I'm finding myself reading some Adam/Kris. But, like yourself, I prefer the stories where they're not the guys who lie and cheat on their partners. Because that seems OOC to me, based on what I've seen of them in the media. And even though I really liked OT3 fic in Gateverse, when I read two Adam/Kris/Katy fics I didn't really like them, because in a realistic story they can't be open about it in their lives, and in an equal relationship nobody should have to hide (and in that scenario, Adam would have to).
So, long story long, my lines about what I will and won't read, and what pushes my buttons in fic are being seriously messed with in this fandom. I'm bitching about things being OOC in RPS, I'm reading realistic RPS, and all for the shiny, rather than looking for an OTP. But, like I said, fanfic has made me a more engaged, analytic reader than I've ever been before, which is saying something because I have a BA in literature. This kind of thing is what I'd love to be able to explain to the people I know in real life who don't get fanfic. For all that it can be self-indulgent drivel, it can also be so illuminating. Of course, there are probably a lot of people who don't poke their id with a stick either.
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First assumption: I need a narrative to follow to get fannish about something. I've always been more focused on the characters rather than the plot, but the characters have always been part of a larger story with themes I love: the Dune books, The Sparrow, Gateverse, Supernatural. Now that I've been fangirling Adam for a bit now, I'm finding that I apparently don't need that. His general awesomeness appears to be enough to hold my interest (as along as you and a couple of others will keep posting about him so I know what's going on out there!)
Second assumption: "Realistic" RPF is not for me. Of course it was just over a year ago that I started reading RPF at all. I never did (and still don't) in Gateverse, and am still a little shocked that I'm so fond of J2 AUs. But reading "realistic" J2 makes me uncomfortable, and did even before they got engaged/married. And here I am reading about "characters" who are real people in stories that are exactly like realistic J2, and it's not squicking me at all, and I just don't know why. Unless he really is "a glittery alien" and that's why this fandom is different.
And I've done more reading now (thanks to
So, long story long, my lines about what I will and won't read, and what pushes my buttons in fic are being seriously messed with in this fandom. I'm bitching about things being OOC in RPS, I'm reading realistic RPS, and all for the shiny, rather than looking for an OTP. But, like I said, fanfic has made me a more engaged, analytic reader than I've ever been before, which is saying something because I have a BA in literature. This kind of thing is what I'd love to be able to explain to the people I know in real life who don't get fanfic. For all that it can be self-indulgent drivel, it can also be so illuminating. Of course, there are probably a lot of people who don't poke their id with a stick either.