I know what you mean, though! I don't think RPF is actually literally more popular than SPN fic itself, but I think it depends on the pocket. Like, Tumblr is super into D/C, as is AO3. The spnj2bb has historically been very J2 centric, though also Sam/Dean (though now Sam/Dean has its own like, three separate BBs/RBBs, XD)--DCBB being, of course, where the D/Cers tend to flock instead.
But yeah, comment discrepancy is both depressing and hilarious in turns. Because it's like LOLLLLL 150 comments, what is that number even?? Anything above 7 and I'm like damn, son, just hit the jackpot! how can I do that again? XD Though sometimes I wonder if genre is even the most determining factor. I mean, I've written slash and it's hardly more popular than my gen. I guess partly I don't know the right people for that, and partly that J2 fic you read clearly had something to it that other people really wanted? (Even if we completely missed what that was, ha! To clarify I have no idea what fic you're talking about, obviously, but I'm very familiar with the scenario broadly speaking.)
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Date: 2016-01-20 12:52 am (UTC)But yeah, comment discrepancy is both depressing and hilarious in turns. Because it's like LOLLLLL 150 comments, what is that number even?? Anything above 7 and I'm like damn, son, just hit the jackpot! how can I do that again? XD Though sometimes I wonder if genre is even the most determining factor. I mean, I've written slash and it's hardly more popular than my gen. I guess partly I don't know the right people for that, and partly that J2 fic you read clearly had something to it that other people really wanted? (Even if we completely missed what that was, ha! To clarify I have no idea what fic you're talking about, obviously, but I'm very familiar with the scenario broadly speaking.)