3. It's not my place to tell people what they should write. Everybody writes what they want; I'll decide for myself if I like what they've written :)
2 and 4. I'm rather less pleased to see new "old canon" fics than new "new canon" fics. When I see a new fic that ignores HBP (sometimes even OotP), I feel disappointed 'cos there are enough old fics, written before those, that I can enjoy if I want pre-HBP things. I sort of understand it when somebody was writing a long story, started it before HBP but is going to finish it no matter what. Cheers for them. But with new "old canon" stories, I probably just don't understand the author's way of thinking: how can one ignore new canon info? It's already so deep inside my head that I don't see the point of going without. What adds to it, possibly, is that most new "old canon" fics that I've read/tried reading were exactly those lazy or 'less good' ones, where it was clear the author just didn't want to bother for the sake of having fun with "the boys."
But if the plot/pairing/summary intrigues me, I'll give it a try anyway.
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2 and 4. I'm rather less pleased to see new "old canon" fics than new "new canon" fics. When I see a new fic that ignores HBP (sometimes even OotP), I feel disappointed 'cos there are enough old fics, written before those, that I can enjoy if I want pre-HBP things. I sort of understand it when somebody was writing a long story, started it before HBP but is going to finish it no matter what. Cheers for them. But with new "old canon" stories, I probably just don't understand the author's way of thinking: how can one ignore new canon info? It's already so deep inside my head that I don't see the point of going without. What adds to it, possibly, is that most new "old canon" fics that I've read/tried reading were exactly those lazy or 'less good' ones, where it was clear the author just didn't want to bother for the sake of having fun with "the boys."
But if the plot/pairing/summary intrigues me, I'll give it a try anyway.