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The End Of All Things: Apocalyptic Fic

Mar 15, 2010 12:09

THE END OF ALL THINGS:

APOCALYPTIC FIC

By

BRADYGIRL_12

Apocalyptic stories are tough to write and often to read. They involve loss and upheaval, usually not for the better. Change is part of life, but apocalyptic stories deal with change on an immense scale and with surprising swiftness.

When I wrote The End Of All Things (Goddess, I love ( Read more... )

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Comments 10

saavikam77 March 15 2010, 18:13:54 UTC

Fantastic essay, hon! You know how twitchy I get about deathfic, but I just loved the fic you highlighted here. :)

bradygirl_12 March 15 2010, 18:18:45 UTC

Fantastic essay, hon! You know how twitchy I get about deathfic, but I just loved the fic you highlighted here. :)

Thank you, Saavi! :)

It's definitely one of my favorite fics. It flowed so quickly and easily despite the dark themes.

imagined_away March 15 2010, 19:16:19 UTC

I only read the two chapters you linked to here and I'm about to cry. Poor Bruce, he just deserves to be happy!

Anywho, onto the actual point of this post. I admire your ability to write this kind of fic, I can only really manage happy-ending angst. I also tend to be a bit too wimpy to manage *reading* this sort of fic either. I need happy!
You made some interesting points, I especially liked how you pointed out the important of hope in this type of story. After all, if we don't have hope, what do we have?

bradygirl_12 March 15 2010, 22:34:06 UTC

I only read the two chapters you linked to here and I'm about to cry. Poor Bruce, he just deserves to be happy!

We always hurt Bruce, don't we? :)

Anywho, onto the actual point of this post. I admire your ability to write this kind of fic, I can only really manage happy-ending angst. I also tend to be a bit too wimpy to manage *reading* this sort of fic either. I need happy!

I'm mostly a happy gal, but sometimes need the dark stuff. I can't tell you how many times I've killed off my Little Bird! ;)

You made some interesting points, I especially liked how you pointed out the important of hope in this type of story. After all, if we don't have hope, what do we have?

*nods*

I felt that this story needed hope. Not all darkfics require it, because sometimes they work better without it, but this one needed it.

Thanks for reading and commenting! :)

aranel_took March 15 2010, 19:38:07 UTC

darkeyedresolve March 15 2010, 19:58:06 UTC

This is one of my favorite stories of your's, and probably one of my favorite fan fiction stories of all time. I haven't gotten writing that piece with Kon and Tim for this, and re reading your essay reminds me of wanting to do it. I promise to do it this year, no more excuses. I enjoy darkfics too much not too sit down and work on it and I want to give proper homage to your great work.

bradygirl_12 March 15 2010, 22:41:36 UTC

This is one of my favorite stories of your's, and probably one of my favorite fan fiction stories of all time.

Aww, thank you! :)

I haven't gotten writing that piece with Kon and Tim for this, and re reading your essay reminds me of wanting to do it. I promise to do it this year, no more excuses. I enjoy darkfics too much not too sit down and work on it and I want to give proper homage to your great work.

I'd love to see what you come up with! It'd be interesting to see how the events are seen through Kon and Tim's eyes.

bradygirl_12 March 15 2010, 22:36:27 UTC

Great essay!

Thank you! :)

Deciding who to kill off is always my biggest problem. You know you're going to make some readers unhappy with your decisions. If I need some random deaths, I'll sometimes draw on my Nerd Skills and 'play D&D' with my characters and roll saving throws on a d20. "Oooh, you rolled a seven. Tough luck, Dick." XD If I need to figure the outcome of a battle, I'll assign values to 'uninjured', 'slightly injured', 'seriously injured', and 'dead'. Then I can blame the dice. ;-)

That's pretty cool! :)

Totally agree on the Catharsis. I love happy endings, but sometimes it's fun (and a bit of a stress relief) to explore those dark areas of life. And after you've wallowed in the angst, you can go write a fluffy story to make it all better! :-)

Oh, definitely! I think I had to write some fluff right after this! ;)

mithen March 16 2010, 11:49:48 UTC

I hear you on the catharsis--I don't need it very often, but a sad story is a lot more likely to dig its claws into me and demand to be written than a happier one. And I do like an edge of tragedy to a lot of what I write--I don't think it always shows, but often as I write I'm very aware of where the sadness in a story is. I think it helps me keep things nuanced (well, I also like to remember the happy sides of the tragic stories, as you note with the families of Clark, Bruce, and Steve).

bradygirl_12 March 16 2010, 22:11:01 UTC

I hear you on the catharsis--I don't need it very often, but a sad story is a lot more likely to dig its claws into me and demand to be written than a happier one.

I think we all need a change-of-pace, and an acknowledgment that life isn't all cotton candy.

And I do like an edge of tragedy to a lot of what I write--I don't think it always shows, but often as I write I'm very aware of where the sadness in a story is. I think it helps me keep things nuanced (well, I also like to remember the happy sides of the tragic stories, as you note with the families of Clark, Bruce, and Steve).

Yeah, my Muses spoke to me on that ending: while they are sad at their losses, sometimes letting someone go is best.