I have a question, oh flist...

[tabaqui]

Or perhaps it's a rant. I dunno. Anyway. Reading some nice, long big bang fics. And it's wonderful to get good, meaty stories. Wonderful! But...

Is it just me? And it's possible, but...is it just me who gets really, really tired of the 'find one true love, date/hang out with/have sex with one true love, have some massive fight/misunderstanding/freakout, lose one true love, pine for days/months/years over lost love, reconnect and live happily ever after' story line? I mean... Yes, okay. Stories need, apparently, some kind of 'angst' or 'drama' or.....whatever. But...it all seems so *contrived*, and not in the good way.

If i was madly in love, and suddenly my best friend said 'oh, by the way, your soul mate was mackin' on so and so at this party'... My first impulse would *not* be to move out and not talk to them for six months. My *first* impulse would be to confront them, find out the whole story, and *then* decide on what to do.

Am i too boringly practical for fiction? Am i just a spoilsport? I dunno. I'm stuck in one of the original things i'm writing right now because...i don't have any *drama!* . I just don't have some...big, dark, secret from the past *gag*, or some horrible sin or *whatever* to make a big...thing...happen in the story. Why *can't* Tod and London just hang out and be in love and figure out some things? Why does there *have* to be omg!angst! and such?
*sigh*

Tell me, flist, if i am just a dork or *what*, 'cause....i just dunno. Not that i'm hatin' on the stories with this sort of theme, but sometimes i just wish it could go down different.


And, 'cause rahmi did it and i suddenly got the mad urge to lemming her...
*seriously not for dial-up image below*






Normally, there would also be a little tab for my Yahoo chat window that says 'sweptawaybayou', but she's already in bed.


Now, i'm off to vegetate in front of the tv for a little bit. :)

Comments

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

Pretty girl on your desktop there!

I agree with you about the angst. I also agree with you that I would actually talk to the love of my life before leaving just because someone said something about them.

Angst is something that you can get without destroying the relationship in question. One of my favorite HP fics has tons of story, tons of plot, lots of good angst, but at no time is there a huge issue with the relationship itself. No, it's not happily ever after through the entire thing, but there is no sabotage of the relationship just to forward the story.

[trishabooms.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the Big Bang stories I must confess. I'm a complete plot junkie, especially with long stories. I want something I can sink my teeth into with believable twists and turns.
I think it might have a lot to do with the challenge of writing the BB stories that sometimes there's more attention paid to the length of the story and the time frame involved, so plots can seem a bit on the contrived side. Having said that there are some fabulous Big Bang stories that have really had me hooked.
Your lovely Bebe really does look like Summer Glau you know, such a pretty girl.

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you there. I loathe unnecessary drama in stories. Well, LOL, in real life too. ;-)

You should read In Production by reccea. Great characterization, slow buildup and not an ounce of needless angst.

[laazikaat.livejournal.com]

Is that Monstrous? She's beautiful. Looks a bit like River from Firefly.

Is this what you mean?

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

I just love the photo on your desktop!
It looks pretty old and almost... creepy. :)

[postholedigger.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with a story that just ambles. Not need to shatter the earth. Or, shatter someone else's earth and have your heros pick up the pieces. Growth doesn't ahve to always be through misunderstanding (and teh stupid).
I love your stories because I love how you write, so whatever you write I will love.

[kimalis.livejournal.com]

i love a good rant, specially one that makes me look at my own fics in a different way. *hopes to god its not slappin' on the angst, but pleads first fic lack of experience if it is*
One dumb question.. whats a Big Bang fic?
Also jumps on the 'pretty daughter looks like Summer' bandwagon.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_beetle_/]

First off, dude, you said "mackin", and I heart you so much it hurts.

Second--yeah, it's a cliche that's everywhere in every fandom. Because it's satisfying, up to a point. People like to believe that time and distance are as NOTHING! to the one-true-love.

My first impulse would be markedly different from yours. RL sitches are nothing like fandom, where there's magic and cursed objects and cool backstory involved. Most RL cheaters are just faithless liars. Not forever, but for long enough to do damage. And rather stupidly in that scenario. For that reason alone, that'd be quits. Who'd wanna be with someone that blatantly disrespectful, and/ or stupid?

Though, the best friend could be lying. . . .

There'd have to be confrontation, or more likely, in my case sleuthing. I wouldn't be content to take anyone else's word on something that important.

But I digress a lot.

Am i too boringly practical for fiction? Am i just a spoilsport?

Nah. You're awesome. If you dug rehashed cliches, it'd show in your work. I gotta figure anyone who writes like you, isn't gonna put up with any old crap. If it's a re-done cliche, it'd have to be pretty fantastically written to keep your interest.

I dunno. I'm stuck in one of the original things i'm writing right now because...i don't have any *drama!* . I just don't have some...big, dark, secret from the past *gag*, or some horrible sin or *whatever* to make a big...thing...happen in the story.

But your stories don't need big drama to make them good. Your attention to details and characterization mean you don't have to lean heavily on the plotty-ness. Nobody's gotta jump a shark in your fic.

Why *can't* Tod and London just hang out and be in love and figure out some things? Why does there *have* to be omg!angst! and such?

THERE DOESN'T!!!!!! DUDE!!!!! MAKE MORE, NOW!!!!! SHARE!!!!
::clears throat::

Um. If you feel you have to add angst, make it remembrance of past angst? Something they dealt with ages ago, to contrast with the sunny future they're living.
::bounces::

Tod and London!
::hugs the boys::
::and you::

Tell me, flist, if i am just a dork or *what*, 'cause....i just dunno. Not that i'm hatin' on the stories with this sort of theme, but sometimes i just wish it could go down different.

Again, nah.

I like stories that hover at the edge of that separation . . . then one of the characters realizes how silly they're both being and they resolve to work out whatever their problems are instead of breaking up. A cooling off period, then a rebuilding of trust, yadda-yadda.

The anti!drama. It's very sexeh.

And, 'cause [info]rahmi did it and i suddenly got the mad urge to lemming her...
*seriously not for dial-up image below*

Who is that? It's a cool picture. Pretty and haunting: SPN-style.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Is it just me? And it's possible, but...is it just me who gets really, really tired of the 'find one true love, date/hang out with/have sex with one true love, have some massive fight/misunderstanding/freakout, lose one true love, pine for days/months/years over lost love, reconnect and live happily ever after' story line?

Yes. I do get rather tired of them. But then with my reading habits I tend to read everything I can get my hands on back to back until I'm so sick of it I could hurl.

... o.0

...and then I go and find stories where one of them has been turned into cat!boy and it's all kinky and schmoopy and I feel better again.

[luvxander.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on the stories. It's gotten almost to the point of being Harlequinesque. The same basic storyline over and over again, with only the names and places being changed.