discussion post 05

[betweenthebliss]

It's that time again, friends. Sorry for the day's delay again; I should mention that due to my fluctuating schedule (two jobs makes for random hours) sometimes discussions will go up on Thursdays, not Wednesdays, but it should basically always be one of those two days

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[ninety6tears]

+Two people becoming friends or falling in love when they start off only having their relationships with one other person in common (if TV Tropes has a trope for this, I haven't found it). I have a weird thing for the accidentally-falling-in-love-when-they-only-hook-up-to-get-over-somebody-else trope, but I also think the "We're only getting along cause we're both close to Johnny" friendship structure is fun to work with. Though the (uncomfortably noticeable?) trend in my original fiction is that Jack and Jane don't even meet until Johnny is dead.
+When I write some romance fics, one of the little goals I often end up setting for myself is "How can I create UST between people who have already hooked up?" Which is kind of an impossible idea, but I've read a lot of really good fics where the emotional confusion and lack of communication creates a potentially more interesting element than the question of whether two people are even attracted to each other, etc.
+But "Will They Or Won't They?" is always good too.
+Ho Yay. (Yay!)
+Heterosexual Life Partners.
+And if you're going to have a little bit of action or sci-fi it's never a bad idea to strive for a Chekhov's Gun (or Chekhov's combat vessel, or Chekhov's mind meld, or Chekhov's theory of whatever that could either be badass or get everybody killed, etc.)

[rainbowstrlght]

YESSSS "Chekov's Gun"! I didn't even know that was a THING. I totally used that in my last fic, and it was lovely. ♥

Also, the UST between people who hooked up: I did this with a married couple in a fic of mine. I think it's really the reader's perceptions of whether they truly understand each other or not, sometimes. Misunderstandings seem to create a lot of potential UST, in my opinion.

[ninety6tears]

Misunderstandings seem to create a lot of potential UST, in my opinion. Ooh, definitely. And fics that manage to draw that out where there is some kind of relationship but the tension is all over what kind of relationship it is or whether it still is what is started out as and whether they understand each other like they should, etc. are sometimes the most addictive ones to read.