DPP: Treasure-Trope

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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 :)

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[rirenec.livejournal.com]

*I'm kinda blushing to be name checked (especially when I haven't got round to editing and posting the rest - bad me). Mserrada gave me a heads up on this community and LJ in general. She is fic awesomeness and wears the Angst T-shirt. As does everyone at the few communities I've dipped my toe into. It rains fic here - or sunshine's them, and I for one and most impressed.

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Well darling, you'd better get posting then! *grins mischievously* Believe me when I tell you I'm a force to be reckoned with... wouldn't have to use leverage or anything. (KIDDING of course I've discovered from Naz that leverage doesn't work anyhow). Seriously though, it's great to have you here so WELCOME!!!!

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Force to be reckoned with? I'm a sheep so I don't need leverage, threats work just fine ;) I'll knuckle under and promise to not be bad edit the crap out of the other 12 chaps, and subsequent stories and get them up. *salutes