Reading habits on ship_manifesto

[thelana.livejournal.com]

[Poll #411803]

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[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

I read a lot of essays, almost everything in fandoms I'm in unless I'm really opposed to the pairing or want to avoid spoilers, but I rarely read about pairings in fandoms I have no interest in whatever. But a good headline or 'hook' will sometimes grab me and entice me to read more.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I read all the essay of ships I like and then read other essays in the verse I like dependent on who wrote the essay and who's in the pairing.

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

To clarify "I read essays for ships that I never understood"...

What I mean is, if I spot that ship that always made me scratch my head and say "where the heck did they get that from?" (or, alternately, that made me go "no! that's so wrong!"), then I read the essay to see what it is that they saw that I missed.

Strangely, this has actually changed my mind about a few ships that I was previously dead set against.

[rhiannon-jehane.livejournal.com]

I won't read essays about ships I already know I don't like, but if it's a show/movie/whatever that I'm at least familiar with, I'll usually give it a shot. I've gotten into three new fandoms in the past month that way...

[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't fit neatly into the tick box categories. I do read (most of) the essays on ships that I ship/am interested in. I don't read essays on ships that I can't make myself believe in, or that make me twitchy just hearing about (almost all adult/child pairings, for instance). I usually read essays by people I know. I rarely read essays in fandoms I'm not interested in.

Finally, I will read essays in which the abstract manages to intrigue me. It's nothing to do with writing style or neat pictures or that sort of thing, it's a matter of managing to put forward an interesting proposition in the paragraph before the author dives into a cut.

[majinbakahentai.livejournal.com]

If I know even a tiny bit about the source (book/movie/TV show) and the pairing sound passably interesting, I'll read. A good example of this in action was Tim/Kon, I knew about Kon's origins, I knew there had been 3 Robins, but beyond that I didn't know much else as I don't read DC comics (it's damn hard to get most comic titles from news agents plus it's expensive). I read the Tim'Kon essay anyway and started looking into fanfic about them because of it.

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

I read them as they catch my fancy coming out, but I also often dig through the archives for ships that catch my fancy or make me curious, or whatever. I've done that with at least Lauren/Sark and Mal/Inara.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

I at least look at all ships where I A) know the canon, and B) find myself remotely interested by the characters involved in the ship.

I'll read any ship presented

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

because it's always good to see why people like the pairings that they do,you know? For instance, I never got the Draco/Harry, Remus/Draco, Snape/Harry, Snape/Lupin, Snape/Black (hey, does that essay still exist on this site, I've been trying to find and reread for a while) appeal until I read the essays.

I still may not like the pairings, but I respect the dynamics and thoughts of the essay writers to follow their recommendations so to speak.

Besides, this site got me into the Lupin/Black pairing (back when I was a slash neophyte) so it's a good thing!

:-)

Re: I'll read any ship presented

[thelana.livejournal.com]

hey, does that essay still exist on this site, I've been trying to find and reread for a while

This one (http://www.livejournal.com/community/ship_manifesto/20821.html) maybe? According to the Harry Potter Memory section (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=ship_manifesto&keyword=Fandom:+Harry+Potter&filter=all).

Thanks for voting in my poll :)

[taeli.livejournal.com]

I try to read everything, but it's very reliant on what's happening in my life. The more time I have, the more time I've got to read essays. As my free time ratio goes down, my reading ratio goes down.

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

I read ships I'm already into and/or know I might be interested in with further info. I'll also read if something looks interesting in a "okay, where does THAT come from?!" sort of way. I don't read if it's a ship I know for a fact I dislike or can't get into.