Oh yeah genres definitely become popular. I've seen Mafia AUs be popular in the past (and read some of the most popular YOI AU one). There's some I like more than others. I'm surprised by how long ABO has managed to remain popular, especially considering some of the elements of the trope. But I suppose ABO has changed quite a bit over the years. I read a post on it a few months ago and the elements were completely unknown to me, but they were common enough to be discussed between different people.
I like fairytales too :( but from the summaries/tags alone I knew I probably was going to be disappointed.
YOI is probably some people's first big fandom. First real fandom as well. When there's so much being produced, I think it becomes easier for someone to /finally/ try writing something. Which results in some of the fic being produced. And ahah guess I'm setting high standards for my own fic, but I'm just a critical reader ^^;;
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Date: 2017-04-15 11:14 pm (UTC)I like fairytales too :( but from the summaries/tags alone I knew I probably was going to be disappointed.
YOI is probably some people's first big fandom. First real fandom as well. When there's so much being produced, I think it becomes easier for someone to /finally/ try writing something. Which results in some of the fic being produced. And ahah guess I'm setting high standards for my own fic, but I'm just a critical reader ^^;;