Daily Pilots Post

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

So, I was sitting here, working on a project for tomorrow's DPP, occasionally refreshing my flist, and I started thinking "That's weird, the DPP is usually up by now, I wonder why it hasn't been posted yet." And it actually took me a little while to figure out that this DPP won't go up until *duh* I post it. It's been that kind of day.

SO! For today's DPP, discuss:

Angst vs. Fluff! (I picture here a cage match between Lee, fully emo'd out, and a small white kitten. Right now, the kitten is the odds-on favourite. ;) )

Which do you prefer to read? Which do you write? (I prefer fluffier, but tend to write angstier XD) Which do you associate more with the fandom?

P.S. I direct you to yesterday's post and rachelindeed's summary of the biggest difference between fanon and canon:

In conclusion, have you noticed that Kara and Lee get it on constantly in fanon whereas they almost never do in canon? I know it's a subtle thing, but I have picked up on that divergent trend in fanfiction :)

Made my day.

Comments

[somewhereapart.livejournal.com]

I have an appreciation for the angst, but I have to say as far as writing goes, my absolute favorite stories to write are the ones that are little snippets of mundane stuff, relatively light-hearted and not even always romantic. lol Like the think I posted yesterday, or one of my favorite's that I've written, Black Socks Never Get Dirty, which comes out of a bit of an angsty place, I guess (Lee, after his little spacewalk), but is a pretty lighthearted piece. Although I think my preference for writing those little moments probably comes from the fact that this fandom, and this pairing in particular, have SO MUCH ANGST. And we saw so much of their angst, and so little of their everyday, lighter moments. So I think I like them for that reason -- to even out some of the angst we always get.

That said, when it comes to reading, I'll take anything. I like the fluff (if it still seems in character, which can be hard sometimes with these two and fluff -- you run the risk of becoming so fluffy that they lose themselves a little), I like the angst, I like the porn. I like it all. I think, as someone said above, the angst tends to be heavier in longer stories, and then there's a certain sense of payoff in the end when it (oftentimes but not always) works itself out somewhat. Like they've gone through all this, but there was a reason and they got something out of it. And I think that is ultimately more satisfying than plain old fluff, because with the angsty stuff I'm really pulling for them in a way I"m not with the fluff, I think. I invest emotionally, in a different way. I want them to work it out, or I sit and reminisce about how these two NEVER EFFING WORK THINGS OUT. lol