My speech on flangst so far...

[zyxinn]

Flangst Speech!
AD 2006-2007

The nurse entered the room, an apologetic look painted across her delicate features as she quietly recorded the conditions of the comatose patient, one of those that had been there for a prolonged period of time, studiously avoiding the eyes of the patient’s companion and the interlaced hands of the patient and his

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FLANGST!

[w4lk0nwat3r]

coolness.
blah, nothing else to say. my stomach hurts...

[anonymous]

Very Very Good =]

-Takahiro Ohara

[zyxinn]

DAMN IT I have to cut out a lot of it to make it fit time!

[curiousqity]

Completely random here. I was googling to find a good definition of flangst for a friend, because she asked me what it was, and my mind went blank. So I found this, and it made me laugh. Thank you!

Small world - I actually recognise some of those names on your flist, but we've probably never crossed paths because I tend to ship anything with Snape.

[anonymous]

"Flangst is like a balm for the soul, making one cry uncontrollably, if written brilliantly enough, before making the reader feel immensely relieved and/or joyous by the end of the tale."

I'm writing some flangst of my own at the moment, and feeling directionless googled the term for inspiration. I've been calling it "almost cathartic". Love your description (and flangst), though!