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I adore HP fandom. I adore reading HP fic. It's like my guilty pleasure in life. And my very favourite setting in HP fics is at Hogwarts, whilst Harry's still at school. Or first year out (and therefore Ginny is still at school). I can read about the teachers or the students or the death eaters or anything, so long as they're at school.
And this is fine and dandy, except reading fic about Harry et al when he's at Hogwarts means reading about teenagers. And reading about teenagers means reading about teen angst. And I hate teen angst. I hated it when I suffered through it, I hate thinking back on what I did whilst suffering through teen angst. And I hate watching it and reading about it.
Obviously, this leaves me displeased with a number of stories. When I read them (in my head these stories are characterised by dummy spits and a need to over emphasise boys and girls and such) I realise that they are realistically portraying sixteen and seventeen year olds. But I feel like they're just written badly. And so when I do read fics about them as teenagers that I actually enjoy, I wonder if the stories please me because they're acting like grown ups (nice generalisation there, pen) but still in my favourite setting.
And then, of course, I remember that I'm in HP for the hilarious plots and implausible yet enjoyable circumstances, and I get off my literary high horse. If I was looking for literary integrity, I'd bloody well finish reading Gormenghast (shutup Tom) and Anna Karenina.
And this is fine and dandy, except reading fic about Harry et al when he's at Hogwarts means reading about teenagers. And reading about teenagers means reading about teen angst. And I hate teen angst. I hated it when I suffered through it, I hate thinking back on what I did whilst suffering through teen angst. And I hate watching it and reading about it.
Obviously, this leaves me displeased with a number of stories. When I read them (in my head these stories are characterised by dummy spits and a need to over emphasise boys and girls and such) I realise that they are realistically portraying sixteen and seventeen year olds. But I feel like they're just written badly. And so when I do read fics about them as teenagers that I actually enjoy, I wonder if the stories please me because they're acting like grown ups (nice generalisation there, pen) but still in my favourite setting.
And then, of course, I remember that I'm in HP for the hilarious plots and implausible yet enjoyable circumstances, and I get off my literary high horse. If I was looking for literary integrity, I'd bloody well finish reading Gormenghast (shutup Tom) and Anna Karenina.
