And this is why I find it so much easier to experiment within the realm of fanfic than OF. I feel like I can play with things like form because I have so much more . . . room. I don't have to take the time introducing Angel or explaining his history, so I can start with a flash and bam! without the reader getting lost. And those fics, where I'm experimenting with form and reader expectation and stuff like rhythm and fractals and heaven knows what else, those fics are short. Whereas if I just want to tell a story about the characters, it tends to be longer. And when I'm reading fanfic in fandoms I don't know, I find the short fic harder to grasp than the long.