I tend to stick to canonical backgrounds or later divergences with most of my fanfic reading/writing, but a good AU can drag me in. Which AUs do you almost always click on when you see it in your fandom(s)? Or what sort of AUs do you always want to write?
I don’t think I have a specific AU I like insomuch as the concept of them in general. I love the freedom to write a really unique, fun story based on some aspects of canon (ex. Character A likes music, so make an AU where they’re in a band) that might not work as well pasted onto another canon. So I guess I gravitate toward fandom/character-specific AUs, or stories with a really unique AU premise. And that feels along the lines of what I usually write.
That might be why I stick to more canonical stories too. An AU which works with a few characters doesn’t always work for all of them. Either the story includes them in a way I don’t agree with or they leave them out. Which I also might not agree with, depending on the character. Thanks for helping me put it into perspective!