getithere | A word about crack!fic (Reply)

Just to clarify for everyone and to avoid offending or hurting any reader or author, when a fic is referred to as "crack," it doesn't automatically mean the poster thinks it's bad!fic or in any way a negative designation. Below I'm copying the definition(s) of crack from the comms on LJ & IJ and hoping Bunny won't mind... ;)

What is crack!fic? A fanfic whose concept is so out there, one wonders what the author was snorting when they wrote. Sometimes deliberate, sometimes just WTF?

Another definition: A story that seems to have been written when the author was on crack; something so awful that you can't believe it was written, but you can't stop reading anyhow.

Another definition: A story that is so funny it makes you crack up laughing, either good (with humour) or bad (with disbelief).

And yet another definition: A story so addictive it's like being on crack! Er.. not that we'd know what that's like or anything.

So you can see there is a little variety in the definitions and just because a fic is considered 'crack!fic' doesn't always mean it's negative. Remember this when you are both recommending it, and discussing it, or giving 'concrit'.

I just wanted to point this out because, as with every other topic under the sun, what is the worst, most OOC thing written in the history of ever is someone else's favorite fic in the history of ever - and probably for the same reasons! lol And also, while we all try (pretty successfully, IMO) to be sensitive to others' requests and opinions and not editorialize when providing links, the "crack" designation does get used pretty frequently. MANY of my favorite, much reread, fics are crack in one or another of its definitions (and I have the dark circles under my eyes from staying up way too late to finish "just one more chapter" to prove it)!! /soapbox