I don't really have #1 and #2 stories the way you describe.
I wouldn't've thought so. Menage is a perfect example of a wonderful integration of both. You filled in a scene from canon; it was a pleasure to read; we were there with the characters--but it's also technically brilliant and experimental in style. That's actually what I hope to get at in the shorter, more experimental fics I write, but sometimes fall short of.
There was one crack!fic that I worked on for a lot longer than 10 minutes, because it was an experimentation with form
Can I say again, that was frickin' awesome?
But mainly I just wanted to see if I could do it.
And you did. I think this is the place a lot of my fic comes from--the kind that's a play on form, anyway: I just want to see if I can do it.
Keaton is Key
Bookmarked. I've spread your fic out over time. I figure by the time I finish maybe I'll be ready for rereading? (Though I've read ...ahem that one like 50 times.)
But even though the tone is light-hearted, I still wanted to say something about his character development.
This is something I'm just not sure I can do. "Best Souvenir" (my long shippy fic) is a lighter touch than my shorter, more experimental stuff, but whenever I think about saying something really deep about the characters it feels all weighty like it should have...a more expensive style. I'm just no good at reconciling certain forms with certain kinds of content.
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I wouldn't've thought so. Menage is a perfect example of a wonderful integration of both. You filled in a scene from canon; it was a pleasure to read; we were there with the characters--but it's also technically brilliant and experimental in style. That's actually what I hope to get at in the shorter, more experimental fics I write, but sometimes fall short of.
There was one crack!fic that I worked on for a lot longer than 10 minutes, because it was an experimentation with form
Can I say again, that was frickin' awesome?
But mainly I just wanted to see if I could do it.
And you did. I think this is the place a lot of my fic comes from--the kind that's a play on form, anyway: I just want to see if I can do it.
Keaton is Key
Bookmarked. I've spread your fic out over time. I figure by the time I finish maybe I'll be ready for rereading? (Though I've read ...ahem that one like 50 times.)
But even though the tone is light-hearted, I still wanted to say something about his character development.
This is something I'm just not sure I can do. "Best Souvenir" (my long shippy fic) is a lighter touch than my shorter, more experimental stuff, but whenever I think about saying something really deep about the characters it feels all weighty like it should have...a more expensive style. I'm just no good at reconciling certain forms with certain kinds of content.
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