I don't think I'd call it "liking" the fic, as I have very many levels between loving and loathing. And yes, the way Adam was treated by the writer, Dean, and Castiel was horrible. I kept waiting for the after scene where they admitted that they didn't really mean it, but knew it was the only way to sever the connection, and they felt horrible.

Yeah, it felt too much like the author was willing to write the character off, and he's done nothing to deserve that, from the author, or the characters.

I'm reading Post Ergo Propter, and man that's totally grafted on D/C. People, why? It doesn't make the story any better. I think this has enough Castiel to pass muster as a relationship story, that it doesn't need to have sex referred to. If we're not getting an ongoing emotional payoff, and there's no smut, why the hell do I care? It's just distracting.

If I ran the world (which I should),

Anne, you have far too much on your plate as it is, dear.

Okay, Julie, you know how I said to avoid sansday? Just avoid her Fallout verse. She's just written Winchester mafia D/C piece that's completely sans her brutal angst. And she has a D/C sleep frottage piece that she wrote recently too that's kinda cute. I'd hate to have you ignore all her stuff.

or do you think it's more often a case of "people won't read it without the pr0n!"

I think people tend to slot themselves as "I read x and y, but not z." Which is limiting. Which is sad because good gen and Bob has been some of the best stuff I've read. Honestly, some of the most adult in theme too.

And, really? If I want to read something hot? I am not going to read a whole long tome just for one half-assed smut scene.

There's just no way of organizing newsletter and such by categories like: Good, 'My head iz pastede on yay' AU, pre-series that ignores canon and OMGJustReadThisAndThankMeLater. Unfortunately.

oh dear. Mom walked by while I was looking at Misha/Leeloo pics and said, "that looks like one of your people." erm, yeah?

OMGJustReadThisAndThankMeLater

From certain people, I will absolutely do this, though. And from crack_impala, usually. It's actually my favorite thing, because it makes me read things I haven't.

"that looks like one of your people." erm, yeah?

::pumps fist in air like a dork::

She's just written Winchester mafia D/C piece that's completely sans her brutal angst.

Ooh, I read that! I don't know that I agree with one of her comments that there should be more mafia AU's, but I definitely want more of this one.

And, really? If I want to read something hot? I am not going to read a whole long tome just for one half-assed smut scene.

I think the other side of this is that, for me, the hot smut (when well done) is hotter if surrounded by a build up and plot. I want the whole shebang. Sometimes I'm in the mood for PWP, but other times, the most demure unexplicit sex is way hotter when preceded by Story. For instance, "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven" by aesc. The most non-graphic and brief love scene EVER, but the chapters of emotion building up to that made it so powerful in a dam-breaking way.

Oh from the right recs list, I absolutely take the advice.

I just don't know how you can do that on a newsletter or initial publishing of a story or in a bigbang. Those are just listings.

I think the other side of this is that, for me, the hot smut (when well done) is hotter if surrounded by a build up and plot. I want the whole shebang. Sometimes I'm in the mood for PWP, but other times, the most demure unexplicit sex is way hotter when preceded by Story. For instance, "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven" by aesc. The most non-graphic and brief love scene EVER, but the chapters of emotion building up to that made it so powerful in a dam-breaking way.

Yes, but then I want the whole story to be good. And for the smut to make sense in the story. Not feel jammed in just so the author can say it's an NC-17 story.