It was supposed to be creepy in that it's essentially child abuse, but while chan is one of my few near-squicks, I really like my fanfic dark and depressing, so I do understand the appeal.
I don't really have a chan-kink myself, though it doesn't really bother me, either. I like innocent characters, though, especially in dark, non-con situations, and well, younger characters are likely to be more innocent, I suppose, though I'll just as gladly take an older kind of innocent character. But physically, the characters are strangely ageless in my mind. For example, 30-year old Harry looks remarkably similar to 13-year old Harry in my mind. They simply have this completely ageless look. (It helps that I never seem to have a clear image of how the characters look, physically, in my mind. :-) ) So chan as such is simply pointless to me. But I do like non-con, and I like dark, twisted situations, where you're sitting behind your screen being at the same time horrified and not being able to look away anyway. And that, the drabble provides plenty of. :-)
It probably helps that the Harry in my head is an idiot and a dork and not really hero material at all
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
I have a slight fascination with Percy/Ginny, although that ended with OP, because OP shows a Ginny who's no longer ... potentially damaged by the whole CS incident, I suppose, which has always been my basis for Percy/Ginny
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
I don't really have a chan-kink myself, though it doesn't really bother me, either. I like innocent characters, though, especially in dark, non-con situations, and well, younger characters are likely to be more innocent, I suppose, though I'll just as gladly take an older kind of innocent character.
WWhich is exactly why chan tends to squick me. <g> It's really less the physical youth of the character than it is the mental age (which is why stories where one of the guys seems to get turned into a toddler in a man's body--and oh, god, remind me to link you to the Slash Hall of Shame some time--squick me too), and most of all the power (im)balance. Which is one of the reasons why Snape/Harry kind of squicks me--the other one being the trauma of reading Snape rhapsodizing about harry's lovely, childlike body, and ewwww. The physical aspect may not squick me that much, but that's no reason to rub it in my face!
Now how did I get on this tangent? Oh, right ...
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
Care to tell me? Because um, yeah. I'm not too fond of Gryffindors in general, or Harry in particular.
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
Exactly! But I do love new!Ginny, and especially Ron's reaction to Ginny's dating. So typically big brother, man, it's so sweet.
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I don't really have a chan-kink myself, though it doesn't really bother me, either. I like innocent characters, though, especially in dark, non-con situations, and well, younger characters are likely to be more innocent, I suppose, though I'll just as gladly take an older kind of innocent character. But physically, the characters are strangely ageless in my mind. For example, 30-year old Harry looks remarkably similar to 13-year old Harry in my mind. They simply have this completely ageless look. (It helps that I never seem to have a clear image of how the characters look, physically, in my mind. :-) ) So chan as such is simply pointless to me. But I do like non-con, and I like dark, twisted situations, where you're sitting behind your screen being at the same time horrified and not being able to look away anyway. And that, the drabble provides plenty of. :-)
It probably helps that the Harry in my head is an idiot and a dork and not really hero material at all
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
I have a slight fascination with Percy/Ginny, although that ended with OP, because OP shows a Ginny who's no longer ... potentially damaged by the whole CS incident, I suppose, which has always been my basis for Percy/Ginny
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
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WWhich is exactly why chan tends to squick me. <g> It's really less the physical youth of the character than it is the mental age (which is why stories where one of the guys seems to get turned into a toddler in a man's body--and oh, god, remind me to link you to the Slash Hall of Shame some time--squick me too), and most of all the power (im)balance. Which is one of the reasons why Snape/Harry kind of squicks me--the other one being the trauma of reading Snape rhapsodizing about harry's lovely, childlike body, and ewwww. The physical aspect may not squick me that much, but that's no reason to rub it in my face!
Now how did I get on this tangent? Oh, right ...
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
Care to tell me? Because um, yeah. I'm not too fond of Gryffindors in general, or Harry in particular.
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
Exactly! But I do love new!Ginny, and especially Ron's reaction to Ginny's dating. So typically big brother, man, it's so sweet.