Well are you? Are you writing two stories that blend two very different genres? Are you perhaps reading a story that blends two very different genres?
Thoughts and feelings?
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Nope. Just finished reading Lady Audley’s Secret yesterday–a straightforward Victorian murder mystery. Next up is It Can’t Happen Here–about America becoming a dictatorship. I don’t think it’s any other genre.
I’m just writing historical fiction, although it’s really alternate history. There’s a romantic subplot, but that doesn’t really make it two genres. ÂŻ\_(ď˘)_/ÂŻ
So what are you reading and writing?
Currently reading The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, which is a family saga. It’s got social realism, environmental fiction, tragicomedy and stream-of-consciousness… so I suppose yeah it’s genre-blend-y. I don’t read many “genre” books; I just don’t find them interesting.
My own stories are pretty post-genre. I guess one would classify it as “literary fiction.”
And here I thought you wrote genre fiction.
Don’t know why though.
Lol!
All my stories are a mix of things
The Churroverse is ever expanding.
Yes!
It will never stop expanding as long as I’m in it lol
Haha that’s cause I only discuss the fantasy elements xD
I am recently obsessed with watching Song of Ice and Fire Theories because there is no reason, outside of indefinate hitatus, that the average SOIAF theory is crazier than the average One Piece theory. (EX: Is this character secretly a horse?) Otherwise, they both share a deep history and fish people. I’m not kidding about the fish people.
Alt Shift X made a video on the Far East of the map, and basically, the further you travel, the more Lovecraftian it gets. Yes, including fish people and ancient evil civilizations.
So, are you writing a genre blender or reading a genre blender?
If my story has magick, demons, social commentary, gothic fiction, lit fic, mystery, and humor, I guess it’s genre-blendy? 
Technically speaking, both.
I have a story concept that is basically Cardcaptor Sakura x Black Clover, but I know that no matter what I do and how much freedom I give to the teens and preteens, everyone will compare it to Harry Potter for the simple reason that the setting is modern and magic is everywhere. I guess it is like how one can see A Song of Ice and Fire as a reaction to Lord of the Rings, my story is basically a reaction to Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, which is legally distinct Drarry fanficiton whose plot, character, worldbuilding, and most of all, magic system, pissed me off.
I could make all of the cities look like this and people would still find ways to compare it to Harry Potter.
I’m writing historical romantic suspense, so that would be a blend between Romance and Mystery/Thriller…
Ooh, sounds nice.
That is an interesting combination. LOL!
I guess. LOL!
Ah, very sneaky of you. LOL!
I’m not really mixing two extremes, but right now I’m writing a grimdark setting with speculative fiction narrative structure and critique. Technically, I’d probably have to say that it’s “grimdark with speculative fiction as a subgenre”. But that’s really just because my characters/stakes/world deal with grimdark elements, but through a speculative fiction lens. I personally think it’s more speculative fiction, but due to the themes/elements/and main action sequences that are occurring, it’ll probably resonate more with grimdark fans.