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I wrote up something here in response to The Niche which was based on this on tumblr.

Feel free to respond here or there. Thought we could use a conversation starter.

Date: 2019-08-31 11:04 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chelseagirl
I just mean Carol and Peggy and Jessica and etc. Characters who seem to be beloved but never really breach the heights of fandom popularity. Enough folks write them that I have stories to read, and when I write them I get responses, so it's all good. But what I consider a massively popular story is apparently a tiny fraction of the kudos for some of the juggernaut pairings -- something I never really think about until one of those "your most popular story" memes makes the rounds of my flist, and then I'm startled at the contrast.

[This isn't meant to be a sulk; my first book came out this summer and I'm putting my writing energies elsewhere for the most part. It's just an observation that the M/Ms dominate the charts so very obviously, which isn't necessarily what I see as I seek out the stories that interest me as a reader.]

Date: 2019-08-31 05:54 pm (UTC)
chelseagirl: Alice -- Tenniel (Default)
From: [personal profile] chelseagirl
Thanks re. the WOOT! It's pretty giddy-making exciting. Now, of course, the thing is to write the next one.

I was more of an Agent Carter fan than I was a MCU fan, and I have an even 10 Peggy stories on AO3 at the moment, all tied to the series. So my perspective on that closing dance in Endgame was "well, that's nice, except two seasons of Peggy getting on with her life postwar is now kind of moot, isn't it?" (From an emotional standpoint, even if she still goes on to direct SHIELD.) But a popular Agent Carter story might get 30-40 kudos; I know Stucky and Stony get a lot more than that . . . .

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