if I'm in the mood for hurt ... I'm in it for the *character*; making them into just half a relationship is a let-down.
*nods* I think I see what you're getting at. Some of the schmoopier h/c I've read has tended to short-change the characters' individual personalities in favour of emphasizie their Special Bond (tm). It's not about X dealing with their trauma; it's about X's dependance on Y.
That said, fic that features only X getting hurt, with no comfort or at all, can be grindingly depressing at times (or cathartic, if I'm in the mood for that particular brand of angst).
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Date: 2006-05-17 11:50 pm (UTC)Best definition of h/c ever.
if I'm in the mood for hurt ... I'm in it for the *character*; making them into just half a relationship is a let-down.
*nods* I think I see what you're getting at. Some of the schmoopier h/c I've read has tended to short-change the characters' individual personalities in favour of emphasizie their Special Bond (tm). It's not about X dealing with their trauma; it's about X's dependance on Y.
That said, fic that features only X getting hurt, with no comfort or at all, can be grindingly depressing at times (or cathartic, if I'm in the mood for that particular brand of angst).