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

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

In all honesty, I like deathfics, but only if they are well written, obviously. Not just, "Wilson sneezed a bit too hard. And he died. Then end."

The ones I really like are the ones that either show the aftermath or leave it open ended so you don't really know whether or not it is a death fic, and you just sit there thinking "Wut?" One fic that comes to mind that I LOVE is Escape Velocity (http://community.livejournal.com/house_wilson/811786.html) by nightdog_barks

And I always prefer reading them to writing them, because I don't think I write them all that well tbh.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

"Wilson sneezed a bit too hard. And he died. The end."
--You are very picky. Guess that means I'll trash my death-by-hangnail fic. :(

Personally, I'm such a Wilson fan, aftermath fics don't get my attention, but that's just me. They are popular. "Escape Velocity" is a beautiful example of an open-ended fic--very haunting.

I don't want to guilt you into writing anything you don't want to write, but one of my favorite deathfics was written by you, Shoe Shine and Theatre Time (http://moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com/12644.html).

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

*IZ EMBARRASSED*

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

It's all your fault for writing such a good story. ;)

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

*g*

Thank you so much, Moose.

:-D