Oh I think that's one possible reason. There does seem to be a type of author that seems to hold court over their story, with page after page of authors notes responding to every review (I've actually seen stories over on ff.net where the author's notes are almost as long if not longer than the chapter). However, even with those authors, I don't think their popularity is due only to that kind of attention and flattery. It seems like they must be writing something that's at some level appealing to those readers in the first place. I just don't see what the appeal is as usually those kinds of stories tend to be feature an Exile or Revan Sue and a wanky romance with out of character crew members of the Ebon Hawk (usually Carth or Atton).
So I'm still kind of baffled as to why they're so popular in the first place - although maybe it's because they are sues that they're popular. I mean, maybe it's that the main character is so bland and devoid of a personality that the reader can just insert themselves into the fic and kind of live out the wanky romance they've been looking for.
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Date: 2007-03-21 08:03 pm (UTC)So I'm still kind of baffled as to why they're so popular in the first place - although maybe it's because they are sues that they're popular. I mean, maybe it's that the main character is so bland and devoid of a personality that the reader can just insert themselves into the fic and kind of live out the wanky romance they've been looking for.