Angst
POSTED BY: Mordsith
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 09:56
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Angst? Bring it on! 
You're not disturbed at all. Love of angst is why I don't read Simon/Kaylee stories (not to say that there aren't Silee stories with angst; please don't flame me). They tend to be too fluffy for my tastes. Besides, if you think about it, Firefly is an angsty kind of show. With a character like Mal, its hard to avoid. So don't worry, you're among good company. 
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"I'm going to sing the doom song! Doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, dooooooom...."
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Now see I'm just the opposite. I am a very happy person, I had a wonderful childhood, best parents in the world, nothing bad really has ever happened to me more than a grandparent dying. I think that is why I prefer angst. I think it's this darker untapped portion of myself. I get real bored real quick with fluffy stories.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
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You know I just wrote a fluffy S/K story and I don't know why! I'm so not a fluffy person. I posted an angsty J/K story and M/K story to make up for it I think.
Man to a pimp out Kaylee a lot.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
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Originally posted by Mordsith:
Now see I'm just the opposite. I am a very happy person, I had a wonderful childhood, best parents in the world, nothing bad really has ever happened to me more than a grandparent dying. I think that is why I prefer angst. I think it's this darker untapped portion of myself. I get real bored real quick with fluffy stories.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
I'm happy to hear that! So, loving angsty stories isn't some twisted manifestation of dysfunction. (Wow, that was a lot of big words at once.)
I'm a happy and somewhat well adjusted person when I'm away from fanfic, and I've never had a good explanation of the draw to angst. Hey - scientist here. I like having things well explained.
Maybe I should give up and go with it, huh?-----------------------------------------------
I'm the president. I don't need to listen.
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Originally posted by Mordsith:
You know I just wrote a fluffy S/K story and I don't know why! I'm so not a fluffy person. I posted an angsty J/K story and M/K story to make up for it I think.
Man to a pimp out Kaylee a lot.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
I totally noticed that from reading the BSR blurbs! (Haven't read yet...)
I don't think I'm capable of writing S/K fluff. I don't feel pressured though - there're a lot of folks doing it better than I could! I'll stick to dark.
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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.
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Just go with the flow, my friend, go with the flow. Lol.
Yeah, I don't have the greatest explaintion for the angst either. When I was in high school I had to write poetry (and I am soooooooooo not a poetry person) So I had five poems I had to write and I wrote them all in like less than five minutes. No thought whatsoever.
When my teacher went to grade them, he thought I was having home problems or had been raped or something. He was asking all of his students if they knew me and if I was okay. I guess they were just that dark. But I was never like the loner, dark kid or anything like that.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
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Yeah I'll stick Kaylee with just about anyone. I don't even know where my fluffy s/k came from. Like honestly, it didn't make sense. That's alright, I think there is enough angst in the last two stories to cover the S/k story.
I *heart* all you angsty writers out there.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
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My senior year of high school I wrote a poem about suicide. I wasn't the happiest kid, but I was SO not suicidal. I was worried that I'd have the school shrink chasing me around, LOL!
Hey, it was just good imagery!
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Originally posted by mal4prez:
My senior year of high school I wrote a poem about suicide. I wasn't the happiest kid, but I was SO not suicidal. I was worried that I'd have the school shrink chasing me around, LOL!
Hey, it was just good imagery!
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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.
Haha I know what you mean. But look how well it paid off. You with your fabulous fic.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
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I like Joss' take on the 'verse. Make it dark, make it grim, and then tell a joke. Mixing it up is fun - torture interspersed with a little action, some romance.
"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
SpaceAnJL
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