I agree with what you're saying. I remember being a cutesy little HP fan, bouncing around Mugglenet and seeing the slash pairings. I was like, I don't think I could ever write (or read) something about two guys being together. Then I discovered Ginny/Draco, which I found absolutely incomprehensible until I read it and discovered the Romeo and Julietness of it. That started my obsession with Draco, and my deviation from all that is cannon, and eventually found me writing my first ever slash fic. A Draco/Harry that has disappeared into the folds of time.

When I discovered MCR, and the MCRmy, I was thrilled, but the idea of fanfiction about real people was something I said I'd never do. But here I am, bandom crazy and never looking back. It really is a perfect place to develop your writing skills, because there's a ready-made skeleton of a story, with the diverse backgrounds only real people can have, and all you have to do is supply the plot.