Good question! To avoid too much rambling (especially since I'm doped up on cold medicine) dot points seem most effective.
Dislikes
- Exaggerated characters - ie anyone being over-the-top rich/rude/villanous. JA was a nuanced and subtle writer, don't want to see her characters turned into cardboard cutouts. Except when it is a comic story, quite like farce when done well.
- Overly oily Mr Collins and overly shrewish orange-obsessed Carolines
- Rape (esp in a Dark!Darcy stories). Don't want to see sexual violence in fanfics.
- MP Fanny-Henry pairings. Unless he has a really really radical character reformation, I just don't buy that couple having a happy ending
Likes is easier - I enjoy well-rounded, human characters. No saints or complete devils, light and shade in both heroes/heroines and villans. Not a purist, so I enjoy well-written stories with non-canon pairings. In case of MP, prefer non-canon pairings - Edmund is a moron and Fanny deserves someone who sees her worth from the start (NOT HENRY). Would really really like to read more non-P&P based fanfic - Darcy and Elizabeth aren't even close to the top of my favourite JA couples, and P&P isn't my favourite JA novels. Emma fanfic in particular.
Dislikes
- Exaggerated characters - ie anyone being over-the-top rich/rude/villanous. JA was a nuanced and subtle writer, don't want to see her characters turned into cardboard cutouts. Except when it is a comic story, quite like farce when done well.
- Overly oily Mr Collins and overly shrewish orange-obsessed Carolines
- Rape (esp in a Dark!Darcy stories). Don't want to see sexual violence in fanfics.
- MP Fanny-Henry pairings. Unless he has a really really radical character reformation, I just don't buy that couple having a happy ending
Likes is easier - I enjoy well-rounded, human characters. No saints or complete devils, light and shade in both heroes/heroines and villans. Not a purist, so I enjoy well-written stories with non-canon pairings. In case of MP, prefer non-canon pairings - Edmund is a moron and Fanny deserves someone who sees her worth from the start (NOT HENRY). Would really really like to read more non-P&P based fanfic - Darcy and Elizabeth aren't even close to the top of my favourite JA couples, and P&P isn't my favourite JA novels. Emma fanfic in particular.