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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-05-02 06:50 pm

[ SECRET POST #2312 ]


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(Anonymous) 2013-05-02 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
DA

They were there but don't you think they've multiplied since then? I've been in fandom about the same length as you and I remember these tiny fic being the exception, now they seem to be the rule.
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[personal profile] kallanda_lee 2013-05-02 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)

I think "drabbles" might have multiplied. And I think drabble has become more synonymous with "I'm going to shit out some words in my mind" since then, as I remember a lot of shorter stories being better in quality. But it should be noted I was only in a few fandoms then, and didn't really go to any multi-fandom archives. And there's also just more of everything.

There were other things back then - I seem to remember this vast amount of songfic that seems to have been tuned down somewhat, fortunately.

Edited 2013-05-02 23:49 (UTC)

(Anonymous) 2013-05-02 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, goodness! All those songfics to "My Immortal"!
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[personal profile] kallanda_lee 2013-05-03 12:05 am (UTC)(link)

Or basically just one hit wonders that were popular for like 3 weeks, but had fic made about them. Often with really cliche lyrics.

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[personal profile] elephantinegrace 2013-05-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
It took me way too long to remember that My Immortal was an actual song, not just a...whatever the hell it was.
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[personal profile] kallanda_lee 2013-05-03 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
I actually LIKE the song, which is why I avoided those songfics as the plague.

(Anonymous) 2013-05-03 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
In my fandoms the average fic length has shrunk dramatically over the last 2 years. Declining attention span, maybe? (I blame tumblr.)

OTOH, while I'm not a big fan of crap drabbles, or crap longfic for that matter, there are some authors whose carefully crafted drabbles are among the best fics I've ever read, period. Sometimes the discipline of being limited to 100 words results in something beautiful.

(Anonymous) 2013-05-03 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Declining attention span, maybe?

desire for attention and instant gratification, more like.

vomit out 200 words of 'genius', everyone thinks you hung the moon, instant gratification...profit!