Comments | story645: angst or fluff?

story645

angst or fluff?

Jul 02, 2009 17:17

*shrugs* guess I'm in the mood for posting a lot lately or something, mostly 'cause facebook is an awful media for this kind of stuff. So I was reading fanficrants today and a poster was ranting about lousy reviews to her angst fic. What I found mystifying was that everyone seemed to agree that angst and fluff are two separate and distinct genres of fic, ( Read more... )

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miss_daizy July 2 2009, 22:06:43 UTC

So you can have a fluffy or an angsty romance fic, but romance is the genre. In the same vein, it's totally possible to write a fluffy-angsty friendship one shot 'cause the genre is friendship fic.

I absolutely agree.

miss_daizy July 2 2009, 22:10:05 UTC

Oops! Forgot to say I also agree with this:

and nothing facilitates author laziness quite like extremes.

I'm much more prone to continue reading a fic that doesn't take the characters to extremes because I've generally found the overall quality of the writing to be better. I've back buttoned more often for OMG!EXTREME EMOTIONS than I have for anything else, I think.

locked_door998 November 13 2009, 02:49:39 UTC

Hi there! How have you been lately? :)

story645 November 13 2009, 03:55:00 UTC

half dead. you?

locked_door998 November 18 2009, 22:09:56 UTC

Same. Too much college.

Question: My sister is interested in an engineering degree. You're at City, right? How is the program there?

story645 November 24 2009, 16:12:03 UTC

Sorry, didn't notice you replied.
Yep, I'm at city. The program is serviceable, depends on what type of engineering she wants to go for. If she wants to stay in New York, it's by far the best value unless she can get into Cooper Union. (Columbia and NYU's undergrad programs don't have the most awesome reputations.) Tell her to email me/message me on facebook/etc. if she's got questions.