*laughing at this entry on Fandom Secrets*

[guardians_song]

You didn't see how full of fanfic tropes her work was BEFORE?

I enjoy Mercedes Lackey's writing, but good grief, it could not be more obvious that if she'd been born later, she would have been a Harry/Draco BNF. And it's also fairly obvious that she went through fandom during a phase before the anal-retentive "This is Sueish! This is unrealistic! This is preachy!" era, because she's not exactly subtle. 'We have telepathic magical horses, and soulmates, and angsty angst angst, and lots of very pretty gay men (and a corresponding dearth of lesbians), and lots of Camel-Case MagicalTalents, and random awesome stuff thrown in because the author felt like it, and...'