ext_6801 ([identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ivyfic 2012-11-27 03:38 am (UTC)

I've been going through AO3 by hit count, so I'd found a few, but thanks for the recs! POI has the same problem of any clam fandom: we love the characters because they repress their emotions like woah, but we love them best when the emotions burst through. Which means I keep running across fic where the character who wouldn't recommend a dish at a restaurant because it would reveal too much pours his heart out. And then there are the fics where John is a complete idiot so that he can be gratuitously hurt and then comforted.

So what makes the show cool is the competence and the emotional repression, and the fandom is...idiocy and over the top histrionics. *sigh* Since clam shows are my favorites, it's not like this is a problem unique to POI.

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