Posted by CyleFlynt on 7/9/2007, 12:09 am This has really been bugging me lately. Do you have any statistics on the genre of fanfic on your site? I admit I almost did a quick analysis on ff.net to see but I always did prefer your collection of stories over theirs. I ask this because, I am kind of curious as to the number of romance stories as opposed to basically, anything else. Yeah, I ask this because I think my "Of the Remaining" story may have been ill-recieved, probably due to genre. When I became inspired to start writing that story (and it consumed my writing and planning for months because the material in it is just so different from what I'm used to writing, and I wanted it to be good) the material, the ideas I had for it, the moment of despair just grabbed me and pulled me in! Yet, I don't seem to see any other stories like that. Are there really a good number of tragedy's on this site? I think I read one a while back, from Holmes' PoV surrounding his death (can't remember who wrote it now...been years) but it's the only one I remember. I was shocked to find I was the only tragedy on the ff.net pages. =/ It wasn't just something I noticed with my "of the remaining" but with other authors who write tragedys. Is a happy ending really that necessary? I had originally planned the "Of the Remaining" to be 2 chapters and an intro (haha...the intro was ill-recieved...I wonder now if anyone will dare chance to read the actual first chapter when I finish it lol). I guess, what bothers me is that, if it doesn't smell like a romance story or some similiar kind of fluffy sugary syrupy (okay... I despise sweets so the description is already making my stomach turn) caramelized plot, no one really wants to read it. I love the idea for my story, and I feel I actually accomplished something with it! Of course, whenever I reflect upon the intro, I do get depressed (like now) and this is what has been killing my desire to complete it (and distracting me from my other stories as well). v_v I have a shameful truth to admit... I rarely write happy endings. I think the only ones I've written thus far are for my one-shots. Have I set myself up for this? Well, I quickly ran through the numbers and a quick percentage for the SH22 page on ff.net (though I didn't want to...it pained me to click the mouse with that intent) came out to be 41.5 percent of the romance genre. A little less than I expected, but still a whopping portion of the stories. I guess in summary, I just want to know... Why a happy ending? Does despair and pain not have a place in life? What makes romance so necessary? ~sighs~ Perhaps I just don't understand. I'm sorry, Maureen, if I've troubled you with all of this. I just had to get it off my chest, and I felt no other sh22 fan out there would really give it any real thought more than our very own SH22 guru (you). Regardless, thanks for listening. ~CyleFlynt
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