Yeah, some part of me can't help but wonder what fics I might be missing out on now that, like Light on the Dark Side, start out pretty weak but steadily improve as they continue. Then again, I'm not going to spend my time on a fic I dislike just in the hopes that it will get better. I think I should just be glad that I came across Cocoa-Snape's work when I was still an inexperienced enough reader to have the emotional response to fic that I had, and treasure the memory, but accept that that experience is not going to repeat itself.
I agree that writing can be very stressful, so I understand. As I said earlier, I think 4 fics in a year is very impressive and you should be very proud of having written them! Still sorry to hear you're not going to participate in the Thon, but I completely understand why. I hope you'll still find some time to relax in the coming few months!
So happy to hear you loved Toil 'n Trouble! Hope you enjoy the rest of it too, because the comic is worth it!
Re. PI's fics. Yeah, I remember our conversation about .... fic :p. Other than that mystery fic, I've read a couple other hugely popular ones last year that I also didn't enjoy as much as everyone else, which I feel strangely guilty about. I think that also plays a role in making me feel somewhat weary of committing to other well-known fics, so reading a more obscure one by PI seems like the best course of action now. 'Dark' and 'Fairytale-like' are pretty much the magic words when you want me to read something, so The Lost World is making its way to the top my TBR :D
Nope, I haven't seen Hannibal. If you hadn't guessed yet, I'm not much of a tv show watcher . I have heard a lot about Hannibal though and I knew it was dark, but if it's also fairytale-like, then it definitely sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks for the rec!
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I agree that writing can be very stressful, so I understand. As I said earlier, I think 4 fics in a year is very impressive and you should be very proud of having written them! Still sorry to hear you're not going to participate in the Thon, but I completely understand why. I hope you'll still find some time to relax in the coming few months!
So happy to hear you loved Toil 'n Trouble! Hope you enjoy the rest of it too, because the comic is worth it!
Re. PI's fics. Yeah, I remember our conversation about .... fic :p. Other than that mystery fic, I've read a couple other hugely popular ones last year that I also didn't enjoy as much as everyone else, which I feel strangely guilty about. I think that also plays a role in making me feel somewhat weary of committing to other well-known fics, so reading a more obscure one by PI seems like the best course of action now. 'Dark' and 'Fairytale-like' are pretty much the magic words when you want me to read something, so The Lost World is making its way to the top my TBR :D
Nope, I haven't seen Hannibal. If you hadn't guessed yet, I'm not much of a tv show watcher . I have heard a lot about Hannibal though and I knew it was dark, but if it's also fairytale-like, then it definitely sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks for the rec!