I think there's always piles of bad, shallow, uninformed writing, specifically because so many readers aren't really looking for development but to get a particular itch scratched. Even non-smut slash sort of satisfies a fetish, say of the way that two characters interact, or just the idea of pretty boy porn, though I think with Idol the rock-star aura adds to it. I think that's why so much slash is just two characters and not an ensemble, because people's interests are so narrow and focused. And many's the time I have rued my long attention span!

It did make me cranky because it was a fun story and then it was really disappointing.