The Inspiration of Rassilon

If someone told me I was only allowed to read or write one genre of fanfic from now on, the genre I would pick is humor. To me, humor is one of the best things about fandom. Partly it's because laughter really is the best medicine, and partly it's because sometimes the best comments on Doctor Who are contained in humorous fanfic.

I like all kinds of humor, from crack!fic to satire to parody to farce to plain-old comedy (if there is such a thing). No matter what, though, I think a good humorous story turns on a single idea, and then exploits it for all it's worth. That single idea can be a moment (Romana and Duggan have sex (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=32150), or the Doctor asks Sarah about Luke's parentage (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=33686), or Six and Evelyn argue about knitting priorities (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=29636)); or a scenario (Handy goes looking for alien invasions to foil in Pete's World (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=25564), or Ten and Martha disrupt the Council of Elrond (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=19577), or meta-crisis Donna fixes her own brain with a fork and a satellite dish (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=30593)); or it can be an entire humorous premise (a hypothetical Eleventh Doctor story before we know any facts about him (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=29068)); but the humor depends ultimately upon how good the idea is, and how well it's carried off. Sharp writing helps a lot, too.

(By the way, all of the above stories were recced by me on Calufrax. Did I mention that I love humor? Anyway, if you haven't read these yet, give them a try!)

As to what humorous stories I'd like to read or write next, I have no idea! But that's part of the fun of humor -- coming across something wonderful and unexpected.