A lot of people like known quantities. So if they're buying books, they might buy romances, or mysteries, or scifi where they're not going to get any surprises. Many people really like trope-y cliched fanfics, and if they get what they want from the fic, they're going to kudos and recommend it.
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Date: 2016-11-21 11:07 pm (UTC)