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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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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. :)
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. :)
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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.
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:)
And yes! That's it. Don't sabotage the story - the 'ship - just for 'plot advancement' or 'cause you can't figure out how to make things interesting without angst!in-a-can.
Exactly.