Mpreg fiction

[certainthings]

For those that dislike/hate/loathe mpreg fiction in whatever fandom you read in, do you just hate written mpreg fiction? Or do also dislike/hate/loathe movies like Junior. What about the tv show Alien Nation where the men would give birth? Or is that different because they were aliens? How about the episode of the Cosby Show where all the men were pregnant and gave birth to weird things like sandwiches and a blimp of orange soda? And I think a model boat was involved too. Sure, it was a dream but still. Mpreg.

Can I ASK anymore questions? Apparently, yes.

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I'm not even sure if I saw that movie. And I think it looks bad but not for the mpreg part but just for all the parts.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahh, okay.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, bad fic of any sort is well, bad. And add in assbabies it could make it even worse.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Yeah, I try not to think about THAT part too much.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

:) You are welcome.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hee. All right.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

That's understandable.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. That kind of sounds like a fun game.

Also, totally evil.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

There definitely is all that.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

But a loveable and adorable one. :P

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Okay. I was once traumatized by a mpreg fic so I get where you're coming from. But now I read them by authors I know and/or like.

[allzugern.livejournal.com]

I CAN NOT GET ENOUGH OF THEM. Okay, the badfic sucks, but all badfic sucks. But it is STILL my guilty pleasure to read even the bad!Mpreg fics.

I do, however, have trouble with Mpreg in say QaF fandom, because it just doesn't work, and in RPS it's a pretty hard sell. Still, it can be done, and Seahorse is an excellent example of that. In SPN and HP and anyother fandom where magic, aliens, et. al abound? Yes, yes, yes, please.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I feel that way most of the time too.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*agrees with a lot of that* I read one that wasn't based on a fantasy type show and just. No. But maybe that was because the writing was HORRID.

[douxquemiel.livejournal.com]

Puuuuurssonally? I'm not a fan of mpreg in typical situations-- both written and other formats (such as Junior). However, the Cosby Show episode was funny and hilarious and made of WIN. That also gets a pass because it was a dream, and dreams are WEIRD, Y'ALL. Finally, aliens are ALIENS and can therefore do whatever they want.

Basically, if it's science fiction or a whole different universe, then it's fine. If it's just normal people who happen to be pregnant? Noooot so much.

Maybe it's a case by case basis?? I don't know. What's YOUR stance on mpreg?? Assbabies all around? Or is it more subtle than that?

[slytherinblack.livejournal.com]

I think it's the visual that bothers me. Because Junior was just creepy, but I don't mind mpreg fiction. It also helps if it's a fandom where it is vaguely reasonable. Like, it makes some amount of sense in Supernatural, but not so much in something like One Tree Hill (I dunno, it was the first thing I thought of. Don't mind me.)

[resounding-echo.livejournal.com]

I don't hate mpreg fic, I just think it's silly. I've been in fandom for so long I like to think I can read anything, but whenever I come across mpreg it just cannot hold my attention. Probably the same as reading a fic where the main character grows an extra limb or slowly turns purple. Not that interesting in addition to making my skepticism rise.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah, it'd be a bit odd to read about Nathan being pregnant and I'm not sure I'd uh, buy it so to speak but if it was written by an author I liked, I'd probably still give it a chance. Maybe.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hmm, okay. That's a good stance to have. *nods* :P

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Haha. Okay.

[getyourguns.livejournal.com]

It's just not my thing. I hate normal preggar bellies though so I think that a man getting pregnant is just as bad, it doesn't necessarily have to do with them being a dude. Just... THERE'S SOMETHING GROWING INSIDE YOU?! For as natural as it is, it seems so... unnatural. D:

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*nods* All right.

[thursdaywench.livejournal.com]

i just don't like picturing hot men all fat and preggers. "WHERE'D THE SIX PACK GO??!?!?!" :P

[22by7.livejournal.com]

i just want to know the MECHANICS of it
i am not happy or amused if the fic goes into endless detail about everything but fudges about the mechanics
and there are lots more issues and anxieties related to pregnancy and the idea of men being able to have babies that i want to see acknowledgement of.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Haha. Okay.