Mpreg

Jun. 3rd, 2006 03:25 pm
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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 [livejournal.com profile] 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. ;)

Date: 2006-06-04 07:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iulia_linnea.livejournal.com
Admittedly, I haven't read many mpreg fics, but, in general, the idea of a wizard couple desiring a child carried by one of the partners doesn't squick me. I can't think why it doesn't. That said, the sub-genre isn't one I seek out.

What I do mind is the idea of the hormonal, irrational pregnant woman that seems to have informed the characterization of the pregnant wizards in most of the few mpreg fics I've read because not all pregnant women behave in that manner; some women (every woman in my family, for example) take pregnancy in stride and are relatively serene throughout the experience. Where are those characterizations? I think I'd probably read more mpreg if I could find them (and I do tend to backspace out of most mpreg fics because of their summaries, which usually begin: "[insert character] has forced Harry to bear his child . . . ").

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