This stuff just MAKES me want to write deathfic.

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I got a review for my fic Rain saying "Ahh, *hearts in eyes* so fluffy, so awesome!"

::bangs head against wall::


It's not fluffy! The closest any part of it comes to fluff is some sappiness when Charater A realizes he's in love with Character B so much that he is able to forgive Character B for totally using him and abusing his trust. It wasn't fluffy. It was ANGSTY and SOMEWHAT SENTIMENTAL.

Every time someone tells me an agst-ridden fic of mine is "fluffy" when the reviewer and I clearly have different ideas of what "fluff" is, it makes me realize once again that, clearly, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE DIED IN THIS FIC.

I don't know why this bugs me so much, but it does. I write fluff quite often. But when I'm writing something angsty, I don't want someone to say "so fluffy". If it's reallly oh so fluffy then clearly I totally FAIL at any sort of dramatic tension. Basically the review is telling me "Your idea of angst or drama is giving me warm and fuzzy feelings." I don't want to give the reader warm and fuzzy feelings. I don't want it to be cute.

When I write cute, I want the reader to see it as cute. When I write dramatic, I want the reader to see it as dramatic.

If what I think is drama they think is cute, clearly something's wrong here. And thinking it might be me who's confused is really, really depressing.


Clearly, not enough people died in this fic.

Comments

[jakia.livejournal.com]

That sucks. Why did they do something like that?

Also, this is completely and utterly OT, but what program do you use to make your icons? I like the font and everything, as you tend to be able to read it no matter what the background, and I was wondering what program/font you used (and where I can get it).

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Still, if you feel like starting one, I'd be a subscriber!

I use Adobe Photoshop to make the icons, and Adobe ImageReady to turn the .psd files into animated icons. Each frame or slide is made in Photoshop though, which is where I do cropping, text, etc. I've downloaded several miniature fonts to use for icons, and I always am very careful about picking font color and placement. I hate icons with unreadable font. There's a few basic things you can always remember, though: the font should be against an opposite-colored background. Light against dark, dark against light. I often use contrasting or complimentary colors from within the icon image itself, because I want the font to match the icon. Stuff like red-on-brown is always a bad idea, as is red-on-green or green-on-blue, unless one of the colors is very light green and the other very dark blue. You need contrast. If you have a multi-shaded background with lots of dark or light right next to each other (meaning no solid-color space), then I usually say pick a bright color and outline it in black or very dark drop-shadow, like I do with this icon.

(is one really cheap bastard)

[jakia.livejournal.com]

Mind sharing photoshop? I had it on my computer originally, but then we reformated it, and now it's all gone. :(

Re: (is one really cheap bastard)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I can, yeah, but it'll have to be later in the week.

Re: (is one really cheap bastard)

[jakia.livejournal.com]

::glomps:: Thank you!