I see that I answered this poll "don't care for em and wouldn't read any" a long time ago but tbh, I've read some pretty good fanfics in the past year. I can usually tell within one chapter, or even one paragraph, whether a story is going to be good or not so I don't waste my time on the awful ones. A good fanfic to me stays close to the real MJ as we all know him, is realistic and draws on events that have actually occurred, and has a clear lay-out and proper English. I'm reading one right now called
The Accused and it's excellent. Unfortunately the author hasn't updated in a while