>Oh, Misunderstanding Alarm! I didn't mean the HP AU epic. That has absolutely nothing in common with the Maya fic.
Ah, Misunderstanding Alarm! Sorry - I am actually aware that the HP AU has nothing to do with this. I was trying, somehow, to explain why I thought that "Normal" was perhaps a better comparison to the Maya fic than some others that you'd written without me thinking they were actually the same in terms of desired effect, emotional importance or effort involved. Like I said, the best way is perhaps to say that fics like 'Normal' evolve from the baseline of fics like the Maya fic. I could see the Maya fic evolving into something like that (though that would be difficult given the lack of source material about her), but I can't see it evolving into a great, plotty epic. And perhaps that's what I'm pining for (evolution towards "Normal" not towards plotty epic), even though there's nothing wrong with you keeping it at the base level and not "upgrading" it. If I'm making sense. Argh, it's hard when I can't stand in front of you and make hand gestures.
Ultimately, yes, I think it's a matter of genre preference. It's always harder to appreciate something written in a genre you aren't particularly enamored with, although...
>Quite possibly. I'm the one who has eight ringbinders of the stuff printed out, after all. *g*
Indeed, and I could legitimately be accused of writing it. ;)
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Re: Short note (really tired, hence the shortness)
Date: 2007-02-13 06:11 pm (UTC)Ah, Misunderstanding Alarm! Sorry - I am actually aware that the HP AU has nothing to do with this. I was trying, somehow, to explain why I thought that "Normal" was perhaps a better comparison to the Maya fic than some others that you'd written without me thinking they were actually the same in terms of desired effect, emotional importance or effort involved. Like I said, the best way is perhaps to say that fics like 'Normal' evolve from the baseline of fics like the Maya fic. I could see the Maya fic evolving into something like that (though that would be difficult given the lack of source material about her), but I can't see it evolving into a great, plotty epic. And perhaps that's what I'm pining for (evolution towards "Normal" not towards plotty epic), even though there's nothing wrong with you keeping it at the base level and not "upgrading" it. If I'm making sense. Argh, it's hard when I can't stand in front of you and make hand gestures.
Ultimately, yes, I think it's a matter of genre preference. It's always harder to appreciate something written in a genre you aren't particularly enamored with, although...
>Quite possibly. I'm the one who has eight ringbinders of the stuff printed out, after all. *g*
Indeed, and I could legitimately be accused of writing it. ;)