Everybody's doing it! A poll.

[mrsronweasley]

So, this is something that's kind of interested me for a while, and now I'm sitting here, enjoying my newly-fast computer (oh yeah, my external hard drive came yesterday, and WHEEE MORE SPACE), and wondering:

How do people feel about kid!fic?

I know that in HP, I absolutely loathed it. Even though both Remus and Sirius appear to be good with kids, I could never, ever stomach them adopting/trying to raise a kid, and mpreg? FORGET ABOUT IT. (This is still the case, by the way, just in case you were wondering.)

Then, I came to due South. And then, I read 'With Six You Get Eggroll'. And, okay. The premise struck me as completely improbable, and I almost didn't read it. I mean, really, come ON: Ray and Fraser, raising SIX CHILDREN? WTF? What is this, "Sound of Music"?

But then I did read it, and completely fell in love with it. Because it strangely works and it's sweet and it just...it WORKS.

And then, there's Ray Kowalski, who, in canon, wanted kids, and in fact, this was probably the chief cause of his divorce. And I thought more about Ray and realized that he would have made a wonderful dad. Crazy, yeah. Overprotective? Yeah. Sometimes embarrassing? Sure! But he'd be CRAZY about his kids, and he'd have fun with them and know what to do when things wouldn't go well.

So, then I started searching for more kid!fic. And I was kind of lost.

And THEN, I SOMEHOW - *points accusing fingers at katrin and rhythmsextion* - got suckered into writing kid!fic. So, okay, it's an AU. But still. Here I am, writing it. (And yeah, Kat, I still am. In fact, it's been revived! Much to my surprise.)

So, I guess that sums up my history with kid!fic. I just never thought I'd have it in me to enjoy it, and now, I...really really do. It's Ray, it really is. He tugs at my strings and pushes all my (known and unknown) buttons.

Now, it's your turn. Tell me:

[Poll #727036]

Comments

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

You know what's really funny? I didn't even think about het... I... haven't read het in - I'm not kidding - years. Ummm. Huh. Well! I probably should have clarified the slash part.

But I totally agree - it's all about characterization. H/G? Totally! Harry might want a big family, because he never had that, and Ginny - well, that's what she knows. That makes sense, you know? Remus and Sirius, even if they'd survived, I can't really see that.

And Mpreg is just AWFUL. Come on, people. You're trying WAY, WAY too hard. It's just creepy.

[doctoraicha.livejournal.com]

God, I am so glad someone else thinks it's freakishly creepy. And I had to LOL at that slash assumption. hee hee.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, MPREG is just AWFUL. I don't understand the desire to make men do go through that and be all paternal/maternal when clearly, biology doesn't allow for that. That's working it WAY, WAY too hard. I need to know the motivation behind this. WHY.

And...yeah. I'm just...gay-oriented... Heh. :P