Well... I don't tend to choose whether I read a story or not based on who bottoms (I generally wouldn't flick to the end to check, anyway!) At the end of the day, if the story is super good, I DGAF who bottoms and tops because the writer will make me enjoy it regardless. Like... that isn't the basis for whether I read and enjoy a fic or not, y'know?
And I guess for me it's that I really enjoy Arthur being super toppy sometimes (okay a lot) and it probably stems from shameless self-insertion on my part. It's also the tropes I love: I love him jealous and possessive and protective (especially in canon fic,) so that generally tends to coincide with him being toppy in the sack as well.
HOWEVER, I have recently been branching out and deliberately seeking out stories that have Arthur bottoming because mmmm pretty and also, like you said, that arse is too beautiful to not deserve some love. *g* I think the ones you saw kudos from me on might have been quite recent.
I do think there's a bit of a propensity for mixing up D/s with topping and bottoming in fandom, though, but that's a WHOLE OTHER STORY. Like, really, being fucked up the arse has nothing to do with how "toppy" you are personality-wise and vice versa. It's very easy, I think, to get the two mixed up and I saw something on the meme recently in relation to my recent story that made me really realise that - i.e. Arthur bottomed for Merlin and it was referred to as "allowing Merlin to dom" or something very similar. Like... two very different things.
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Date: 2013-09-10 08:43 am (UTC)And I guess for me it's that I really enjoy Arthur being super toppy sometimes (okay a lot) and it probably stems from shameless self-insertion on my part. It's also the tropes I love: I love him jealous and possessive and protective (especially in canon fic,) so that generally tends to coincide with him being toppy in the sack as well.
HOWEVER, I have recently been branching out and deliberately seeking out stories that have Arthur bottoming because mmmm pretty and also, like you said, that arse is too beautiful to not deserve some love. *g* I think the ones you saw kudos from me on might have been quite recent.
I do think there's a bit of a propensity for mixing up D/s with topping and bottoming in fandom, though, but that's a WHOLE OTHER STORY. Like, really, being fucked up the arse has nothing to do with how "toppy" you are personality-wise and vice versa. It's very easy, I think, to get the two mixed up and I saw something on the meme recently in relation to my recent story that made me really realise that - i.e. Arthur bottomed for Merlin and it was referred to as "allowing Merlin to dom" or something very similar. Like... two very different things.
OMG SO SORRY FOR THE TL;DR