[ SECRET POST #2917 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2917 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Dark fic

[intrigueing]

That only applies to long stories with long detailed plots, though.

Re: Dark fic

[herpymcderp]

Not strictly speaking. You can still throw a moment of remembered happiness or tell a joke even in a short story.

Unless you're writing something that's only a few paragraphs long, I guess.

Re: Dark fic

[intrigueing]

Oh yeah, but I really, really would never say that "darkfic" = NOT A SINGLE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS OR HUMOR EVERRRRRR.

For me, "darkfic" = "fic where a lot of dark stuff happens"/"darkness is the prevailing tone."

Re: Dark fic

[herpymcderp]

I might have just been unfortunate enough to come across examples written by angsty teenagers or something, but in my experience something labelled "dark fic" usually indicates that the author just tried to pack as much tragedy into it as possible.

Maybe I'm just not reading the right stuff.

Re: Dark fic

[intrigueing]

Hmmmm....now that I think of it, I don't remember really reading a lot of darkfic that was actually labeled "darkfic," come to think of it, I mostly label things as "darkfic" in my head, or bookmarks or recs.

Re: Dark fic

[(Anonymous)]

I would say that it doesn't even apply to long stories. IDK what herpy's getting at, I find that a lot of stories that are too carefully balanced are toothless and fail to get any point across at all (some do, but plenty don't). And plenty of long stories that are mostly dark and depressing are amazing as long as there's variety within the darkness.

I mean, I definitely like there to be a glimmer of hope or humor or happines among the darkness, but balance among all the different emotional aspects? No way is that necessary.

Re: Dark fic

[intrigueing]

IA, I mostly meant that even when this is the case, balance usually works that way in long stories, not short ones.

But herpy's reply above clarified things a lot. I don't think they were saying what you thought they were saying!

Re: Dark fic

[herpymcderp]

Variety was exactly what I was getting at, actually.

That's literally the concept of narrative balance: the art of not making a story maintain a constant one-note emotional spectrum. The most used techniques tend to be having characters joke about something during or after an especially horrific scene in order to have the next horrific scene still be impactful.