DPP: Treasure-Trope

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

Hello hello my fangirl friends :) What an interesting week we have had so far. Yesterday we discussed our wacky ideas involving Pilots in OTHER stories, and there were some interesting suggestions, some awesome manips, some exciting fic reccomendations, and lively discussion besides.

And of course there was the obligatory Fassavoy gif hijack :P

Today is all about your favourite tropes. I know we had a trope based discussion on Monday, but this is slightly different. I've been going through my delicious bookmarks trying to get them into some kind of order, and I'm noticing certain trends.

So my question for you is this:

What are the tropes/categories if you're not clear on tropitude that will almost guarantee you will read a fic? What does an author need to put in the genre/notes section to make you clicky clicky without even really reading the summary? Tell me what your weaknesses are, and rec some of your favourites if you like.

For me, Academy!PIlots will always make me click. They're so young and so full of optimism and banter and sunshine, and I find I can't resist them. Also included in this is anything pre-mini, as I tend to bundle them in together.

I have many favourites when it comes to Academy Pilots, one of my all-time favourites is Laws of Gravity by brynnmck  And also A Brief History of Starbuck and Apollo by daphnaea . AND also, one I read recently The Spark by foophile which is a little bit different from your average academy fic, and also kinda hot.

There's also the Stealth!Snuggle, which always makes me suuuper happy. Favourites include Digging a Hole (Nothing Romantic About the Hours We Keep by bantha_fodder  and Trouble Sleeping by stars_like_dust  And the good thing about the Stealth!Snuggle is that it tends to come in the middle of fluffy fics, fics about pilots being lovely and adorable and generally hot. And that's nice for everyone :)

What about you guys? Favourite types of pilots fic? Recs for my personal favourites? Recs for each other's favourites? Have at it!

Conversely, what are your LEAST favourite tropes? What will automatically turn you off about a fic? And are there any exceptions.

For example, I don't really like the idea of Pilots as cylons, so I generally don't read that kind of thing. BUT there are two most excellent exceptions to this: Twelve by rheanna27 which is all mythology-y and sad and wonderful. And obviously Periapsis by rawles  which is just incredible.


Alright, enough from me, you go :)

Comments

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I have recently discovered this. LOL *shakes head* It is a sad state of affairs that it takes me like TEN TIMES AS LONG to write a single smut scene than anything else. *shakes fist* Ah... challenges. :>D

(Time for Katee dancing with storm troopers and JJ Abrams lens flares)

(http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad159/kag523/Gifs/?action=view&current=30KateeStormtrooperDance.gif)

[lizziec]

*stares at Katee with red hair*

I like it though I'm not sure I'd have recognised her straight off.

*wonders how long it took her to get that colour out remembering her own foray in to hair dye (turns out that with blonde hair when it says "washes out in 6-8 washes" it means "stays in until it grows out")*

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

She tweeted about how it was a bitch to get back to her blonde. Took several appointments I think. (And I still think her hair isn't quite like it was before).

[winegums.livejournal.com]

Poor Katee and her hair troubles, she had a hard enough time getting it to grow out during BSG when it was short and Ron/David made her chop it off onscreen (they skipped that for S4 though).

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

She just cut it again. I was surprised. Though I'm not totally sure how short it is.

[winegums.livejournal.com]

It's not as short as it was through big chunks of BSG though, it's at least long enough to tie back.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think it's true of pretty much every fandom ever.

**pets adorable Katee**