Mitchell, Manos, and Pod People are probably a three-way tie for me. Some of my underrated favorites are Girls Town, The Incredible Melting Man, The Giant Spider Invasion, Teen-Age Crime Wave, and Kitten With a Whip.

I don't think I have a specific AU I like insomuch as the concept of them in general. I love the freedom to write a really unique, fun story based on some aspects of canon (ex. Character A likes music, so make an AU where they're in a band) that might not work as well pasted onto another canon. So I guess I gravitate toward fandom/character-specific AUs, or stories with a really unique AU premise. And that feels along the lines of what I usually write.

Writing: third person, present, limited

Reading: any!

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Tool - 10,000 Days

Rush - Test for Echo

Metallica - Metallica

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Michael Jackson - HIStory

BIGBANG - MADE

[bodyendtag] - Information Superhighway

Kumi Koda - BEST 2000-2020

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms

Yes! Fantastic work, thank you!

I write a ton of romance stories for someone who doesn't really like romance published fiction. haha. Does that count?

I probably wouldn't write first person POV (just because I know it puts people off) but I wouldn't mind reading it in fic. Also I occasionally write PWP but don't really seek out PWP fic.

As for enjoying reading but not writing... I've gotten ideas for fics that fit into the category of "I'd read it if someone else wrote it", but those are usually "this story would be boring for me to write".

I can't really think of anything I'm super opposed to on either end but would enjoy in some way. If I dislike a trope, I'm not going to read it or write it.

Looking for BoA's "Every Heart" song for Inuyasha, I discovered her Korean stuff too, then found out about DBSK, Lee Hyori, BigBang, and I never looked back. lol Yes I am old...

Sometimes I just get bored with a fic. Usually if it takes too long to update, and by the time the next chapter rolls around I've lost interest in the fandom and/or forgotten everything that happened in the fic. I generally don't like slow pacing either, so if I'm itching for something interesting to happen and the story kinda stalls for a while, I'll probably drop it. (Though if it's completed, I can skip ahead through the "filler" if I'm generally into the story otherwise)

Or it had an interesting premise/tags/summary but doesn't really deliver. Either the characters veer into OOC, or worldbuilding/magic/fantasy things integral to the story aren't explained so the reader understands what's going on and why. Though I guess those are more "bad writing/storytelling reasons."

Outside of that, untagged tropes/squicks. For some of them, a brief mention is fine, but generally if the story starts heading in that direction or focuses mostly on those things, I'm out.

I've gotten way more sensitive to clothing textures as I get older, and I don't remember having too much texture sensitivity as a kid (except for hating itchy tags). I'm also way too aware now of my clothes when I sleep, so sleeping in any kind of pajama bottoms or socks is impossible for me. That never used to be A Thing for me until a few years ago. It doesn't really impact my life very much though.

Just off the top of my head:

-The Woman in the Room -Gray Matter -I Am the Doorway -Gramma -Umney's Last Case

honorable mentions: The Ten O'Clock People, The Jaunt, The Gingerbread Girl, A Very Tight Place, Dolan's Cadillac, The End of the Whole Mess

though Night Shift really is a superb collection of stories overall.

Get out while you still can! Go make friends and have a real life! Don't repeat my mistakes! XD

Jokes aside, I would advise to keep on keepin' on. :) And stop doomscrolling fanfic_rants trying to figure out what you shouldn't write based on people's pet peeves and annoyances. Yes, people are needlessly critical but tbh you're gonna be writing rarepairs and rare fandoms so readers will have to engage with your stuff anyway or make their own :P

I saw BigBang on the MADE tour T__T So good! Probably biased since it was my first real concert ever. Taeyang and G-Dragon's solo shows were also very good; pretty much all the kpop shows I've been to have been amazing (BigBang, Taeyang, CL, G-Dragon, Blackpink(x2), BTS(x2)). I would love to see Dreamcatcher, EXO, or Shinee!

Big Bang, 2NE1, Girls' Generation, EXO, BTS, Blackpink, XG, Shinee, f(x), Wonder Girls...

It's been ages since I read it, but I remember really liking Cell and also feeling underwhelmed by the ending. I had to read over the last few pages to remember how it ended. Yeah, still not a huge fan of the cliffhanger. Although King's sort of notorious for his lackluster/disappointing endings. I think it can be hard to tie up such a long book in a satisfactory way, and I can see the appeal of an ambiguous cliffhanger ending, but ehh... I'm not really sure it worked here. I should definitely reread it though because I did enjoy most of the book, and I wonder if my thoughts on the ending would change after a second read.

(though if you thought the book ending was bad, wait until you see the movie)

Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose

I've never done "complete" worldbuilding (cause it's never been that interesting to me) so maybe I'm out of my depth here. I do enjoy worldbuilding when I tweak something about "our" world: adding soulmarks, magic systems, etc. It gives me a base to start with, and then I can extrapolate things from there. What would change? What would stay the same? Human greed and fallibility always shape the world, even if you have supernatural elements or beings in your story.

But my worldbuilding is usually "start writing and figure things out as I go along". Sometimes you only realize what your story/world needs when you're writing and run into a roadblock.

Same, kinda. This year I've been leaning into recreating that sense of childhood creativity in my writing/art; for me, it's about bringing back the earnestness and enthusiasm that got dulled in my teen/adult years. I think we're all still the same creative kid inside, we're just embarrassed now about our ideas being "cringe" or "unoriginal". Or we're making stuff to appeal to an audience instead of ourselves.

Blackened! 'cause it goes hard. One is also Very Good, in an "objectively better" way, but I'm not always in the mood to listen to it.

I've avoided this one for a while because of the negative reviews, despite liking both authors. I'm eager to hear if you're enjoying it!

I love Rose Madder. Such an underrated King novel.