Mpreg

[wildestranger]

So. Mpreg. Do you love it? Hate it? Can't be bothered to think about it?

I find myself curious about the phenomenon of mpreg in fandom. Some people seem to hate it with an unholy passion. Some perceive it as OMG the cutest thing eva. A plot device, a source of crackfic, an embodiment of patriarchal control system, an embodiment of feminist subversion, mostly an embodiment of bad writing?

I want to know what you think about mpreg, and most importantly, why. If you dislike it, what do you dislike about it? If you enjoy it, what do you think is good/interesting/sexy about it?

Is it the association with bad writing, silly teenagers who cannot imagine romance without babies and marriage? I used to be wary of such things until I read eutychides's Things That Change (which is not only a devastatingly well written mpreg, but a fic so moving and memorable that after finishing reading it at three in the morning, I had to go back the next day and reread the whole thing).

Also, if I were to write an mpreg fic, would you read it? That said, I am writing one so you shall be put to the test in a few weeks. ;)

Comments

[snegurochka_lee]

What starrysummer said, to the letter. :)

Pregnancy creeps me out. In fic, in RL, whatever. It also usually goes along with schmoopy established-relationship fic, which is not generally my preferred genre.

Also: mpreg fic often (IMO) involves Snape. Which... yeah. I just can't imagine a more extreme deviation from his canon persona than to get him pregnant, or doting on a pregnant partner. *shrug* But to each their own. :)

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

Yeah, why is it so often about Snape? Because he features pretty damn high up on my list of Canon Characters Who Aren't Suited to parenting, whatever the circumstances.

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