I am woefully underdeveloped when it comes to having read the basic fandom fics. I got stung a couple of times in the early days by reading H/D fics that everyone was raving about. I didn't enjoy either, so I sort of decided I wouldn't read any of the big fics after that. I think when something has such a massive build up you need it to be simply incredible, and finding it's not can be hard to take.

I bet I've read substantially less fic than almost any other fandom person I know. Bad kitty.