"Not to say that there can't be some great Bruce Wayne fluff out there - I just think it would be terribly difficult to do well, and it might not attract an audience." There is an audience for it, and I've seen some good examples- even ones using the modern comics version, rather than some of the lighter versions (fluff with the 60s TV version, or the cartoon versions, would be a lot easier to write without being OOC at all). And there's always OOC you can believe, though usually that only pops up in longer stories with a lot of character development.
"I guess if you took those cracky ideas and wrote about them seriously, it could turn out to be parody or satire, or just a really ironic story. I'm not sure." But parody and satire aren't really serious. I'm saying, if I have one of those ideas that's so insane that it breaks your brain (most of mine seem to involve small fandoms...ex. Methos is one of the wizards from the Young Wizards series), that could so easily be non-serious, I'd write it completely seriously...which in and of itself boggles my mind. It's a completely serious story with a crazy plot.
Part of my beta problem is that the beta I had wasn't actually in any of the fandoms I was writing on a regular basis, and now that she's both computerless and out of fandom I don't know how to find a new one. Most of what I need in a beta is somebody to talk about my stories with before they're done (or sometimes even started) and help me work out the plot, which doesn't seem to be what most betas do. I hit the concrit jackpot on fanfiction.net- 3 out of the 4 reviews I got were concrit, and that was the first concrit I'd ever gotten. But honestly I don't know if that's because the story definitely had room for improvement (which, honestly, it was my nanowrimo novel. I was shocked I got anybody saying anything about it was good), or because concrit is common on fanfiction.net, or what. I prefer concrit, because even if I had a beta reader everybody sees different things they like and dislike, and I already know I'm an average to slightly above average writer. I want to get *better*, and mindless squee doesn't help me do that.
Re: I come from metafandom
There is an audience for it, and I've seen some good examples- even ones using the modern comics version, rather than some of the lighter versions (fluff with the 60s TV version, or the cartoon versions, would be a lot easier to write without being OOC at all). And there's always OOC you can believe, though usually that only pops up in longer stories with a lot of character development.
"I guess if you took those cracky ideas and wrote about them seriously, it could turn out to be parody or satire, or just a really ironic story. I'm not sure."
But parody and satire aren't really serious. I'm saying, if I have one of those ideas that's so insane that it breaks your brain (most of mine seem to involve small fandoms...ex. Methos is one of the wizards from the Young Wizards series), that could so easily be non-serious, I'd write it completely seriously...which in and of itself boggles my mind. It's a completely serious story with a crazy plot.
Part of my beta problem is that the beta I had wasn't actually in any of the fandoms I was writing on a regular basis, and now that she's both computerless and out of fandom I don't know how to find a new one. Most of what I need in a beta is somebody to talk about my stories with before they're done (or sometimes even started) and help me work out the plot, which doesn't seem to be what most betas do. I hit the concrit jackpot on fanfiction.net- 3 out of the 4 reviews I got were concrit, and that was the first concrit I'd ever gotten. But honestly I don't know if that's because the story definitely had room for improvement (which, honestly, it was my nanowrimo novel. I was shocked I got anybody saying anything about it was good), or because concrit is common on fanfiction.net, or what. I prefer concrit, because even if I had a beta reader everybody sees different things they like and dislike, and I already know I'm an average to slightly above average writer. I want to get *better*, and mindless squee doesn't help me do that.