Veronica Mars

Skipping past the episode 2x20 stuff, which I can't give words to because it's all so OMGFANTASTIC and moving and crazy, I'd like to give a mini rant about watching the show.

Specifically, the fact that I can't get my roommates to do so.

It's like they've got an aversion to the very idea. Is it because it's on UPN? Because they might've read Nancy Drew books as a child? (hey, I did) I don't know what mental vision of the series they have in their head, but it must be bad. I know when I first watched the series it wasn't at all what I expected it would be. Frankly, there's way more sex, drugs, and murder in it than I expected. Do they expect it to be a show for little girls or something? Or do they just dislike the actress? I've tried asking, and no real answer.

It baffles me so much because they all loved BTVS. And almost anyone who liked Buffy can like Veronica Mars. Not because the two series are similar (they're not similar aside from the main character being young and blond), because the series are quite different in terms of themes and goals and characters. But there's something in the style of the show, the level of dialogue mixed with detailed characterization, and something in the way it resonates emotionally with the audience, that I think anyone who liked BTVS would like VM.

So why won't they even give it a chance?

::pout::

A general letter on the length of chapters in fanfic

Dear Avatar ficdom (and others),

Be not afraid of long chapters.

Apologize not for long chapters.

Shorten not your long-chapter-writing tendencies for the (illusory) benefit of your audience. Short chapters are not a benefit, they are a detriment. Long chapters means not only more of a good thing, but also more complete and coherent story progression, more time spent transitioning from scene to scene, and generally more care and attention to the overall plot. And if you don't believe any of that: they're also more like real books.

Write long chapters. Long and juicy and rewarding chapters.

Give us readers something to sink our teeth into.

Sincerely,

Rashaka


P.S. I myself am mentally, emotionally, and typographically incapable of writing long chapters. I have the quill's equivalent of ADD. This is my excuse. But those of you who talk about writing long chapters and then shortening them because you think people don't want to read a 20+ page chapter? YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS EXCUSE. You are in fact going against your long-chapter-writing nature, which is so very wrong. Anyone who tells you they want short chapters is lying. LYING. Peace out.



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EDIT to add:

So, I wrote a review last week, complaining about Zuko being a pod-person in the fic. I received this most amusing reply:

i reject reality and substitute my own. the zuko in the show is a new man in my fic!

At least she's honest. Still frustrating, but honest! I think perhaps I should use the above statement more often in my daily conversations:

"Make dinner? I don't need dinner. I reject reality and substitute my own!"

Snakes/Voles in the Pit!

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