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

[lomer.livejournal.com]

I like that your desktop is mildly creepy. (Just because old photos of kids are alway a little creepy.)

And you're not the only one who would confront the OTL instead of disappearing in a pool of angst until the problem seems unsolvable. Honestly, there are enough hiccups in love without contriving a huge breakup for a few months just because they don't talk. And if you wanted to be a HUGE spoil sport, you could always point out that sometimes when people are really in love and they break up... when they decide to give it another chance a year later, they remember WHY they broke up to begin with. That's sometimes an unfortunate reality. "I love you, and I will always love you. But I can't see us getting married and having children, so I need to say goodbye." Sometimes THAT'S the ending to an epic love story.

[tabaqui]

Heeeeeee!
That's my very own Monstrous Bebe!
But yes, those photos *are* deliciously creepy. :)

And, to me, if you really, really, *really* love this person so madly and passionately and whatnot...well, you give them the benefit of the doubt. Several times over.

Unless it *is* all just mad passion, in which case write a PWP. :)

[lomer.livejournal.com]

Anytime you put a kid in old-timey clothes and have them stare at the camera and not smile... it's kinda creepy! But then again, maybe I watch too many scary tv shows where cute innocent looking children attempt to kill you in your sleep. *g*

And I agree, if you really love someone and it's just a rumor, you don't run away. You talk about it. Now if you catch them full on in bed with someone, you talk, and then possibly leave.

[tabaqui]

Yes! Exactly. Totally different things, the 'so and so told me' and the walking in on. And yet...they seem to be handles *exactly the same*!!
Heh.

I told the Bebe not to smile, as the actual photos from the 1800's rarely had a smile on any face. It was a very serious thing, picture taking!
:)

[lomer.livejournal.com]

She looks very authentic! I actually thought it was just a random kid from the 1800s. Not YOUR child. I have a truly awesome picture of two relatives from the 1800s. It looks like it should be in an episode of Supernatural. We put their photo in the study because they look so stern that we're scared if we DON'T study, they'll come kill us. It's great motivation. *g*

And seeing your partner cheat on you and hearing a rumor about it, IS handled like the exact same situation... if you're fifteen.

[tabaqui]

I've some older pictures like that, myself - i love them. They just seem so much more...momentous, somehow. :)

Ah, to be so young...and so stupid.
Heh.