Straw poll

[jadesfire]

ANOTHER EDIT (good grief, woman, make your mind up already): I think I like blackmare_9's suggested description "Angst-free fiction" best, and would add the happy ending proviso

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EDIT: By fluff, I don't necessarily mean stuff that's sickly sweet. More stuff that leaves you with a smile and a happy ending. Fluff with an edge is fine :D

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I've never made a poll before, but seeing as how my 'spoken in jest' comment has been taken seriously, I decided this would be a good chance to try.

Everyone's been complaining about a certain amount of glumness in fandom lately, so I proposed a fluff-fest. The stories don't have to be nauseating, just happy endings and maybe happy beginnings and middles as well, but they're not compulsory. I'd open it up to Torchwood and Doctor Who, as well as crossovers.

So! Vote in my shiny poll!

[Poll #1032157]

Comments

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

Normally I'm in the "fluff is EVIL!" category, but then there's times when you need fluff for the sake of your sanity.

And there's happy-ending stuff that's not necessarily fluffy, like "Ghost in this Hub". So all of that's good.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...maybe I should modify it to 'happy endings' fic...

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

Hmm. There is, indeed, a wide range of things that could be considered "fluff." If it's treacly and involves kittens and rainbows I'm afraid I've no tolerance at all (unless there's also a comical accident involving, say, a lawn mower).

Yet I've written a few short and rather humorous Doctor Who and House things which could easily qualify as "fluff."

Perhaps the better way to define the category would be in terms of what it isn't. You could call it Angst-Free Fiction or the Save the Drama for Your Mama festival, or ... I don't know, and I'm going to shut up now.

*retreats quietly to her corner*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Don't go away! I like that description (the angst-free fiction one. I'm not sure I can get away with the other...)

I'm with you on the treacle/lawn mower front. It's more that the TW fandom has been overwhelmed with angst lately, and I feel the need to do something about it :D

*Retreats to own corner to continue plans for world domination*

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

I'm voting for the "Save the Drama for yo' Mama" festival.

In fact, I want an icon of the Master with that text on it.