Poll(let): what's your preferred genre

Inspired by and a bit of follow-up to the Define Gen Poll, which I'll give until after the weekend before trying to evaluate it (so feel free to fill it out if you have a couple of minutes to waste!).

[Poll #649391]
Yep, slight preferences do count as preferences :). And 'slash' includes male slash and femmeslash. And 'gen' is whatever you define as gen (again, if you want to grapple with definitions, try the Define Gen Poll).

Well, yeah, I've encountered a number of opinions and statistics on how gen is the 'neglected' genre, or how slash is still a minority phenomenon in fandom, but my reading is too selective to figure out whether those are true or not. Of course this won't be representative by any means - I'm just curious where your preferences lie.

HUMOUR RECS

Heh. Two brilliant parody fics with one stone! chthonya made my yesterday, and fee_absinthe made my day :).

A Moste Peculiar Potion by chthonya [R; one-shot; Hermione/??? (read - you'll see)]
Summary: Elixir of Ecstasy: Every draught delivers an hour of pure pleasure. The potion promises to be one of the more – interesting – Christmas gifts Hermione has received. But Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes products do not always behave as expected...
If Hermione goes off to have an interesting hour testing Weasleys' Wheezes, things are bound to get interesting, right? Right! This is one glittery gem of fic - poking irreverent fun at hallowed fandom cliches (and pairings), presenting Hermione's conflicting inner voice with lovely irony, and *still* managing to turn out sizzling in the sex department. *And* with brilliant plot twists on top!

The Briar Patch Tango by fee_absinthe [hovering between R and NC-17; one-shot; Harry/Lucius]
Summary: Lucius is canonish. Harry is outraged. There's non-con but not as you know it, not as you know it Cap'n.
There really *is* no better way to describe it than that summary. Harry finds a new outlet for his CAPSLOCK!determination. Dialogue style. Hilarious. Turning every single 'rougher' Harry/Lucius convention on its ear with puns to die for. Read, I dare you!