The kind of thing I recognize myself as liking, but perhaps not enjoying quite as much as a good meaty chunk of PLOT.
The funny thing is, me too. Well actually...it's difficult to describe. Half my brain eats stuff like this up--stuff that's all dense and metaphoric and imagetastic and whatever. I really do enjoy it all on an intellectual level. The other half prefers plot and character and dialogue, which can be enjoyed on both an intellectual level and a ... relaxation/escapist/fun level.
As for what you say about imagery vs dialogue/character...I was going to say "me too" again, but again, part of me can get consumed by imagery a lot more easily than by characters. For instance, most commercials are more powerful to me than most stories; because commercials are often a concentrated collection of images. They're images designed to manipulate your emotions, but so are stories, and the images tend to touch me more easy. Poetry on the other hand, which I think is all about imagery over character, is hit and miss with me. So, I dunno, and I'm rambling again.
The way "give and take", introduced earlier, is repeated but garbled.
I'm so glad you pointed that out. I was very proud of that sentence, but I wasn't sure it'd make sense to anyone else. It was so brilliant in my head, but I fear my head isn't always coherent.
I'm glad this worked as a change of pace for you, anyway. A couple of these fics, like this and that 5 Things fic and Blood Types, are a really big departure for me, too, and I love love love to see what people think. Thanks so much.
Re: he waits to be hips to fill another man’s hands
The kind of thing I recognize myself as liking, but perhaps not enjoying quite as much as a good meaty chunk of PLOT.
The funny thing is, me too. Well actually...it's difficult to describe. Half my brain eats stuff like this up--stuff that's all dense and metaphoric and imagetastic and whatever. I really do enjoy it all on an intellectual level. The other half prefers plot and character and dialogue, which can be enjoyed on both an intellectual level and a ... relaxation/escapist/fun level.
As for what you say about imagery vs dialogue/character...I was going to say "me too" again, but again, part of me can get consumed by imagery a lot more easily than by characters. For instance, most commercials are more powerful to me than most stories; because commercials are often a concentrated collection of images. They're images designed to manipulate your emotions, but so are stories, and the images tend to touch me more easy. Poetry on the other hand, which I think is all about imagery over character, is hit and miss with me. So, I dunno, and I'm rambling again.
The way "give and take", introduced earlier, is repeated but garbled.
I'm so glad you pointed that out. I was very proud of that sentence, but I wasn't sure it'd make sense to anyone else. It was so brilliant in my head, but I fear my head isn't always coherent.
I'm glad this worked as a change of pace for you, anyway. A couple of these fics, like this and that 5 Things fic and Blood Types, are a really big departure for me, too, and I love love love to see what people think. Thanks so much.