The Playroom

[lillithium]

I'd like to share with you a story that have been haunting me lately.

The Playroom, written for hp_darkfestIt's a dark fic and many people have problem reading the entire genre, so please go through the warnings before proceeding

Comments

[oboros]

oh believe me I'm still reeling from that fic!

[lillithium]

Good! I'm not alone.

Really, this fic has a lot of elements I would list as my personal non-kink (cross-dressing, Bella, top!Draco), but I LOVE every one of them in the fic. I wish I could draw as masterful as the author could write.

[winnett]

I'm been reading it... over days. I'm about halfway through. I've been trying to read it FOR DAYS.

It makes little bunnies sad in a fundamental way.

[lillithium]

Yeah. I know a lot of people have issues with dark fic. Don't force yourself if it's too hard.

Having said that, though, I wish you could give it a chance. It's a masterpiece - and I only have 3 masterpieces in my personal fic directory.

[teprometo]

Until the very end I asked myself over and over again, "Why am I still reading this?"

Then I got to the end and when it killed me I said, "Oh, yeah."

Definitely haunting. I'm loving darkfest.

[teprometo]

*author pokes nose in*

Can I ask why you wanted to stop? Were you disappointed in some way? I'd be interested to know.

[teprometo]

Author, you're too cute. And refreshing, since when I gave concrit on another darkfic submission I got bitched at hardcore.

I wasn't disappointed at all. It was wonderfully written. Perhaps a bit too descriptive for my tastes at times, but I can't say that's really a bad thing because I feel the same way when reading Tolkien. And when my porn has too much porn in it. I absolutely despise writing plot but I love reading it. Odd.

No, I wanted to stop reading because it was so atrociously disgusting, which, I daresay, must have been one of the goals. The situation was too tragic, the characters too unredeemable. "Why am I putting myself through this?" The best question one can ask himself when reading darkfic, I think. We're all a bunch of masochists.

[teprometo]

I'm pleased to hear that.

:)

Another commenter said it was too descriptive (or was that one of my reading audience? I forget) and I admit that's probably the single stylistic element that cuts across everything I've written. I even talk like it in RL! So yes, I probably could have cut back on some of that stuff - I'm just rather too attached to it for my own good.

I wanted the aftereffects of the abuse to feel real - three-dimensionsl if you like - so that even in his mind there was a taste and a smell, not just a memory.

Thanks.

:)