I like a good story, period, the end. The three Mpreg stories that I've liked are about Sirius: "Back In Black" by Kalena (Imkalena) in which Sirius comes back from behind the veil-and as many prepositions as I can manage-pregnant with Voldemort's baby, the aforementioned "As Sharp As Sunlight" by Amanuensis, and the bodyswitch story that Casira wrote about Sirius switching bodies with Pregnant!Lily. There are a few others, but those are the main ones. I think a good author can use just about anything and make it work. Granted, most of mpreg is horrible, but hey, most of any writing is horrible. We all gotta learn somewhere, right?
I thought about some of JKR's alchemy source material as I thought about my response. Incest, twincest, mpreg, androgynes, it's all there in alchemical allegories. If there's any fandom that has any valid reason to write mpreg, it's this one. Strangely enough, it's the King that gives birth in the alchemical stories. The King/Jupiter allegories that I recognize JKR using are written used for Dumbledore. Strange that fandom should use Snape, Lupin, Draco or Harry in mpreg most. They should be writing about Dumbledore, lol. I guess it figures since Jupiter/Zeus Pitar gave birth to Minerva/Athena in Roman/Greek mythology.
As for the incest? One of the alchemical stories about a brother and sister having a child reminded me an awful lot of James and Lily. The chemicals that Hermione and Ron symbolize in Western alchemy are the same ones that Padma and Parvarti symbolize in Indian alchemy.(Sulphur and Quicksilver). Ron and Hermione are definitely romantic, sooooooo..... I'm sure when I've done more research, I'll find bestiality in the alchemical allegories somewhere, and that should round out the favorite genres of the fandom. Oops, just found a reference to a woman lying in a coffin entwined with a serpent, their mouths pressed together. Also found reference to a baby suckling a goat. Hmmm. Maybe Aberforth had to babysit, Albus, and got a bit too lazy...
Alchemy and Mpreg
I thought about some of JKR's alchemy source material as I thought about my response. Incest, twincest, mpreg, androgynes, it's all there in alchemical allegories. If there's any fandom that has any valid reason to write mpreg, it's this one. Strangely enough, it's the King that gives birth in the alchemical stories. The King/Jupiter allegories that I recognize JKR using are written used for Dumbledore. Strange that fandom should use Snape, Lupin, Draco or Harry in mpreg most. They should be writing about Dumbledore, lol. I guess it figures since Jupiter/Zeus Pitar gave birth to Minerva/Athena in Roman/Greek mythology.
As for the incest? One of the alchemical stories about a brother and sister having a child reminded me an awful lot of James and Lily. The chemicals that Hermione and Ron symbolize in Western alchemy are the same ones that Padma and Parvarti symbolize in Indian alchemy.(Sulphur and Quicksilver). Ron and Hermione are definitely romantic, sooooooo..... I'm sure when I've done more research, I'll find bestiality in the alchemical allegories somewhere, and that should round out the favorite genres of the fandom. Oops, just found a reference to a woman lying in a coffin entwined with a serpent, their mouths pressed together. Also found reference to a baby suckling a goat. Hmmm. Maybe Aberforth had to babysit, Albus, and got a bit too lazy...