I'm not entirely sure, so that's what I intend to find out! I mean, maybe I just don't read enough of what's out there - it does vary by fandom. I suppose, already, thinking about the prompts made me realise that maybe one thing about it I like is it involving someone noticing someone else's problems?
But it just seems to have a bad rep around my flist, and for reasons that aren't what I think of as being hurt/comfort, so again, I don't really know.
I just do like it, for cathartic reasons, and maybe because I've spent so much of my life being ill, I want some acknowledgement of that in fiction, perhaps? And I don't at all think it's something that it's automatically OOC, which is one of the things that gets flung at it. That's just badfic, of any genre. It's only going to be interesting when it's in character... :-)
ETA: I think also I mean that I count very subtle things as comfort, and maybe that's not sufficient? Maybe I'm just writing angst with a bit of hope somewhere? (Luckily, this comm still caters to me if that's so.)
it involving someone noticing someone else's problems? Yes, that is nice.
And I don't at all think it's something that it's automatically OOC, which is one of the things that gets flung at it. That's just badfic, of any genre. It's only going to be interesting when it's in character Yeah, I think people are sometimes scared of hardcore whump, or annoyed by really schmoopy h/c that gets OOC, but neither of those are necessarily what it's about.
It definitely does vary by fandom, and then I feel like there are some things that probably fall under a similar umbrella but don't quite make sense to call h/c. Like, in superhero fandoms sometimes you see characters being hurt enough to take them out of the field, but not so much that the fic is mostly about them being in pain, and then other characters entertaining them/keeping them company, but since they aren't upset it isn't exactly comfort either? I always wonder if there is a tag better than "fluff" for something like that.
Edit: I didn't see your edit until after I posted, but I see we both have genre categorization questions, haha. :P
Like, in superhero fandoms sometimes you see characters being hurt enough to take them out of the field, but not so much that the fic is mostly about them being in pain, and then other characters entertaining them/keeping them company, but since they aren't upset it isn't exactly comfort either?
heh, yes, that's quite a specific one, isn't it? I don't think I've seen it in a fic, but then I'm not really in any superhero fandoms. Maybe convalescence fic? Er... *stumped*
And I don't know, mild/subtle hurt/comfort is still hurt/comfort - it just won't quite conform to expectations.
Yeah, I think people are sometimes scared of hardcore whump, or annoyed by really schmoopy h/c that gets OOC, but neither of those are necessarily what it's about.
Which is very true - and it's perfectly understandable getting turned off if you've been in a fandom where there's a lot of stuff like that, or the hurt is gratuitous/extreme and too easily fixed, or involves OOC-ness.
But I'm looking forward to seeing what I can write for this! :-) (In a thread above we got the idea of the TARDIS being injured and getting fixed/comforted by the Doctor, and I like that idea - I've seen it more the other way around. I'm thinking maybe One, but I'd kind of like to bookend it with Eleven maybe.)
I don't know, mild/subtle hurt/comfort is still hurt/comfort - it just won't quite conform to expectations This is true.
In a thread above we got the idea of the TARDIS being injured and getting fixed/comforted by the Doctor, and I like that idea Oh, that sounds fun! Yeah, it seems more common to see it the other way, so that would be neat. :)
I'm not entirely sure, so that's what I intend to find out! I mean, maybe I just don't read enough of what's out there - it does vary by fandom. I suppose, already, thinking about the prompts made me realise that maybe one thing about it I like is it involving someone noticing someone else's problems?
But it just seems to have a bad rep around my flist, and for reasons that aren't what I think of as being hurt/comfort, so again, I don't really know.
I just do like it, for cathartic reasons, and maybe because I've spent so much of my life being ill, I want some acknowledgement of that in fiction, perhaps? And I don't at all think it's something that it's automatically OOC, which is one of the things that gets flung at it. That's just badfic, of any genre. It's only going to be interesting when it's in character... :-)
ETA: I think also I mean that I count very subtle things as comfort, and maybe that's not sufficient? Maybe I'm just writing angst with a bit of hope somewhere? (Luckily, this comm still caters to me if that's so.)
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Yes, that is nice.
And I don't at all think it's something that it's automatically OOC, which is one of the things that gets flung at it. That's just badfic, of any genre. It's only going to be interesting when it's in character
Yeah, I think people are sometimes scared of hardcore whump, or annoyed by really schmoopy h/c that gets OOC, but neither of those are necessarily what it's about.
It definitely does vary by fandom, and then I feel like there are some things that probably fall under a similar umbrella but don't quite make sense to call h/c. Like, in superhero fandoms sometimes you see characters being hurt enough to take them out of the field, but not so much that the fic is mostly about them being in pain, and then other characters entertaining them/keeping them company, but since they aren't upset it isn't exactly comfort either? I always wonder if there is a tag better than "fluff" for something like that.
Edit: I didn't see your edit until after I posted, but I see we both have genre categorization questions, haha. :P
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heh, yes, that's quite a specific one, isn't it? I don't think I've seen it in a fic, but then I'm not really in any superhero fandoms. Maybe convalescence fic? Er... *stumped*
And I don't know, mild/subtle hurt/comfort is still hurt/comfort - it just won't quite conform to expectations.
Yeah, I think people are sometimes scared of hardcore whump, or annoyed by really schmoopy h/c that gets OOC, but neither of those are necessarily what it's about.
Which is very true - and it's perfectly understandable getting turned off if you've been in a fandom where there's a lot of stuff like that, or the hurt is gratuitous/extreme and too easily fixed, or involves OOC-ness.
But I'm looking forward to seeing what I can write for this! :-) (In a thread above we got the idea of the TARDIS being injured and getting fixed/comforted by the Doctor, and I like that idea - I've seen it more the other way around. I'm thinking maybe One, but I'd kind of like to bookend it with Eleven maybe.)
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This is true.
In a thread above we got the idea of the TARDIS being injured and getting fixed/comforted by the Doctor, and I like that idea
Oh, that sounds fun! Yeah, it seems more common to see it the other way, so that would be neat. :)
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