fandom question I'll probably regret

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Would someone please explain the appeal of MPREG to me? Seriously, I'm not trying to be snarky. I don't get it, I probably never will get it, I don't really want to get it, but intellectually I'd like to know what's up with that.

Do you think it's sexy? If so, why? I mean, there is a sort of posession/dominant/territory thing that can be hot about normal pregnancy, so... okay.

Or is it... "wow I _hate_ this character and want to make them as miserable as popssible -- with puking!"

Seriously, help me out here.

I'm going to bed and am on set tomorrow, but really hope to wake up to oodles are horrifying responses.

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[darkrosetiger.livejournal.com]

I owe telesilla a Ron/Lucius MPREG. I'm writing it partly because I love fucking with common tropes and in this one, Lucius is going to be the pregnant one. I also think that HP is one of the few fandoms where MPREG is plausible, so I can buy it where I might have a harder time with it in, say, Lotrips.

I often use Lois McMaster Bujold's explanation of how Miles Vorkosigan came to be: figure out what the worst possible thing to happen to a character would be, and then do it to him. I like throwing curve balls at my characters, and then seeing how they hit them.