Let’s Gather ‘Round the Campfire (#4)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

7/10 ETA: Help! I've fallen behind on replying and can't get up!

Sorry campers, RL intruded, and I was out most of the day. As a rule, I'm incoherent after 5pm, so I'm not going to attempt responding this evening. Your great comments deserve more than gibberish. Bear with me, I'll be back tomorrow. You guys are the best! *hugs* The mod is in.

Hi Campers!

Have you brought your flashlights? We've had wonderful discussions over the last few weeks, but do you have the fortitude to discuss today's topic, ghost stories? You know what I'm talking about... dun dunn dunnn... the deathfic. Is it a guilty pleasure or does it squick you out? Do you have to be in the mood (bookmark them for later)? Why?

Food for thought:
Is a good cry enough for you, or after you finish the story, do you mentally write a different ending, like House coming to Wilson's rescue with a last minute diagnosis and cure.

What about the causes? Illness or Accident? Anyone want to discuss the irony of the oncologist getting cancer?

Going a bit afield: Does your interest or disinterest about characters dying extend to watching movies, (randomly chosen titles: Dead Poets Society, In the Gloaming) and reading novels, or is that a different experience for you?

For writers: can you write and read them? Do you prefer one or the other?

Alright, I've used up my quota of questions marks so let's hear from you. And as always, please talk amongst yourselves, and don’t be shy about asking questions and chatting with your neighbors.

Comments

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

I would love to come across one where the ghost is Wilson!
--I had to jump to the end of your comment and answer this first. What a delicious idea. Maybe we need to do a haunted house or Halloween bash theme in October promoting ghost!Wilson. Mwah hahahaha...

Just the other day I was chatting about this with someone (if it was you I apologize, after a while the whole fandom thing begins to blend together), and the other person said that death is the ultimate sick!Wilson. So why not do a Halloween Ghost!Wilson thing? Needless to say it would make me deliriously happy. :)

Fe: My icon. Yours is the definitely not-stupid one!! ;)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

...the whole fandom thing begins to blend together...
--Talking to people in fandom is like eternal déjà vu. I can never remember what I said, and to whom, or if I said it at all. Then again, don't ask me what I had for dinner last night. "Death is the ultimate sick!Wilson."--How clever! Excellent observation. I can imagine a whole range of ghost!Wilson fics, and ghost!House is certainly welcome to join him. Will be sure to let geekygecko know about your enthusiastic interest.

(Your icon--Thanks, but it' more likely I've had plenty of experience hiding my stupid ideas.)