That first one is not me! (stares fearfully at alien words)
It's been my observation that fluff is liked as much or even more than darkfic. It's just not respected as much. Good fluff is actually harder to write than darkfic in many respects - but mediocre darkfic is likely to get more respect than good fluff. Even though the fluff attracts more squee and favorable feedback. I was pondering this while I finished up my last WIP: there were two possible ways I could have ended the story, one of which involved character death and one of which didn't. And I find myself wondering if it would have been a better story with the death, or simply slightly more depressing. We're taught that unhappiness is deeper and more significant than happiness, and that a happy ending is by definition shallow. Somehow I don't think that can always be right.
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It's been my observation that fluff is liked as much or even more than darkfic. It's just not respected as much. Good fluff is actually harder to write than darkfic in many respects - but mediocre darkfic is likely to get more respect than good fluff. Even though the fluff attracts more squee and favorable feedback. I was pondering this while I finished up my last WIP: there were two possible ways I could have ended the story, one of which involved character death and one of which didn't. And I find myself wondering if it would have been a better story with the death, or simply slightly more depressing. We're taught that unhappiness is deeper and more significant than happiness, and that a happy ending is by definition shallow. Somehow I don't think that can always be right.