Yes! A WHAM thread would be great. This would definitely get me reading installments again instead of waiting for the completed story at the archive. After several major disappointments I too stopped reading in the fanfic folder. My time is too precious to waste it on reading stories that make me go
I became a fan of a TV series that was witty and sassy and gave me a loving couple, slowly growing into friendship and true love. Something that is very rarely seen on screen these days. If I want promiscuity, beheadings and the likes I can tune in to a dozen series or just sit back and watch the news.
Personally, I don't mind reading death fics; depends on how well-written they are. Lois has to die sometime, so that is only a natural thing to happen. Or, the next encounter with Kryptonite can be fatal to Clark and Lois is left alone. Not a problem. It could happen. They can experience heartbreak e.g. stay childless, lose a child, whatever. As long as it's the normal disasters that can befall any other couple, I can take it.
I just don't want to read stories about
our L&C universe where Lois is married to Luthor or Dan or Ching and Clark to Lana. I don't want to read stories where Lois beats her child to a pulp or AltClark commits suicide. Really, for me that is just one bridge too far.
Now, in an
Elseworld, that's a different piece of cake. In an Elseworld I can stomach anything, as long as its a believable premise and the story is well written. Loises and Clarks in other Universes can marry Luthor, Lana and Scardino to their hearts content and have other professions too. I've read really great fics, full of Whams, doing just that and they are amongst my favorite stories.
As a writer, I can write whatever I want; as a reader, I must have the right to choose. That's why printed books have flaps and you can check the premise of a movie in your TV guide. Why deny FoLC that right? Some of us want to read only WAFFy, feel-good stories; others live for mayhem and disaster; some don't care about next-gen stories. So what? To each his/her own!
So, yes, please, give us saps a warning thread, please!
End of rant!
Ursie
