A side note

[blamebrampton]

Dear Americans,
Outside of your strange, strange country, most of the developed world has this marvellous thing which we like to call health care for all. I'm reading an interesting mpreg (that will teach me not to read the warnings!*) story from hd_hols and the poverty-stricken pregnant one is in despair as his health insurance will not cover it. On the off-chance it was written by someone on my flist, the good for society news is that in the UK, this is not the problem you might think it is! And I have my fingers crossed that in the US, it won't be for much longer, either.

(And if anyone is planning to respond telling me that socialised healthcare is evil, I will LAUGH AT YOU, and then I will QUOTE REAMS OF STATISTICS until you FLEE.)

XXX
BB

* And yes, my dislike of mpreg is not supported by the excellent writing that occurs within that genre and the imaginative plots that many superior writers bring to bear on the concept. But I still don't like it!

Comments

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the world of reading the warnings AFTER reading the fic. *g*

It's kinda fun that way... except when you get burned, which in my case would be Character Death and Non-con not Mpreg.

[sesheta-66.livejournal.com]

Char Death, Non-con, polyamory or CROSS-GEN for me. *shudders and runs away*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad it's not just me ducking the current cross-gen fad!

[drgaellon]

ZOMG, cross-gen SQUICKS ME OUT. (Which is bizarre, given my penchant for pretty twinks. Fortunately for me, while he is no longer a twink, and only 2 years younger than I, my boyfriend is an ex-model, and more than pretty enough to suit.)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You braggart!

(You lucky, lucky, deserving and did I mention lucky braggart ;-)

[drgaellon]

Moi? Brag? NEVER! XD

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Fad? Hmmm, not sure the Snarry folks think that. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Snarry disturbs me less, because most of what I have read has Harry in his late twenties, thirties or even forties. The next-gen crossgen seems to love the twinkdom. To which I say: AAAAAAARRRRRRGH!

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Nope, I won't take it personal. *giggle*

Would Scorpius in his mid-twenties do?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I can almost do character death, provided it's there for a reason and people react to it rather than just 'Oh. Oh well, fancy a shag?'

Non-con is much harder for me to cope with. If I'm going to read about rape, I want it to be from a very good writer who can use it to propel a story without exploitation or absurdity. Some fandom writers seem to have a bad does of the Restorations when they use it to titillate the reader, and I want to thump them just as much as I do several long-dead classical authors!