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[Aklyon]

Because why not Capitalize Things?

[Scelly9]

Because It Can Get Annoying If You Do It Too Much.

[FearfulJesuit]

My third offering: "An Unexpected Courtship". Because when a fic has over 62,000 words and includes in its blurb the statement "Dominant Draco/Submissive Harry. Pregnant Harry," you know you're in for a treat.

And, much shorter: "The hat continued his grinding motions atop her head, groaning softly with each thrust."

[Bauglir]

I think you misspelled "threat" there, bucko. In that it would threaten my sanity, which is admittedly quite flimsy and would probably collapse under a stiff metaphorical breeze.

[Frumple]

Good gods, if that's enough to threaten your sanity never go anywhere near ff.n's Harry Potter section. There's literally hundreds (possibly thousands, really) as bad or worse than that. Basically that exact setup, too.

I have precisely once seen mpreg (Male Pregnancy, for those fortunate enough to not know. Now you know!*) pulled off, and that was with a werewolf whose wolf form was female. That was a Harry Potter fic, too, and actually readable (without the urge for the gouging of the eyes and gnashing of teeth, etc., so forth.). Forgot the name of the thing years ago, though.

*And knowing is half the battle. YO' JOE!

[Putnam]

I've decided not to read too much fanfiction because I'm still reeling from Sonichu and related business.

[Frumple]

As it's probably been noted plenty of times, there's a lot of really, really good fanfiction. It's just the ratio of good stuff to bad stuff to imgonnaripmyeyesoutnowkay stuff is intensely skewed toward the latter two.

In terms of absolute numbers, there's enough solid material to keep you reading for years and years and years -- and that number's growing faster than most humans can read. It's just the pointy, fecal-covered flaming material* is growing at an even pace, at the very least, and constitute a majority of the actual material.

Fic hunting can be a soul crushing experience, but the rewards are worth it counter the cost!

*Finding good fanfiction is likely looking for a needle in a needle stack, only the whole thing is covered in shit and everything is on fire.

[Sirus]

Sturgeon's Law. For every good fanfiction, there's at least an equal number of soul-rendingly bad fanfiction.

[Flying Dice]

Sturgeon's Law. For every good fanfiction, there's at least an equal number of soul-rendingly bad fanfiction.

Sturgeon's Revelation is actually "90% of everything is crud." Given what I've seen of fanfiction, I'd have to agree with that assessment.

[Descan]

I quite like HP: MoR. >w>

[Sirus]

Sturgeon's Law. For every good fanfiction, there's at least an equal number of soul-rendingly bad fanfiction.

Sturgeon's Revelation is actually "90% of everything is crud." Given what I've seen of fanfiction, I'd have to agree with that assessment.

Close enough.

[kaijyuu]

Could that top 10% exist without the 90%, though? Could we claim something is good if we didn't have anything to compare it to?

So in a way, even the crud serves a useful purpose. Respect the crud!

[Flying Dice]

That's the implication of the second half that is often talked about; "...but the remaining 10% is to die for!" 

[Darvi]

I think the last page both made my day and ruined my childhood.

[Karnewarrior]

And, much shorter: "The hat continued his grinding motions atop her head, groaning softly with each thrust."

What.

What the fuck?

I didn't even click on the damn link and my mind is stretched to breaking point.

A romantic fanfiction about... the SORTING HAT?!?!?! How does that even work? How awkward would that be to walk in on?