--- In snorkack@..., CRS <malko050987@y...> wrote:
I don't know about the angst/slash thingie, but I like
reading Azkaban stories, and there are several really
good ones that are finished. I try to keep myself from
starting an unfinished story unless I know the author
(like I did with SoB) or it's finished.
Give me some names of Azkaban stories that are
finished and you liked. I'll add to your list if I
know some more that are good.
-Crs
There's plenty of angst out there that isn't slash, and plenty of
slash that isn't angst.
As for the Azkaban genre, I suspect that a large part of the problem
is that the authors have no real outline or idea how to *resolve* the
situations they've created. It takes a skillful writer to work out
the conflict and bridge the gaps between Harry and his betrayers, and
not everyone can do that.
I actually think this isn't specifically an Azkaban problem, but a
fanfic problem in general, particularly the "fad" stories. A new idea
comes out (like, say, manipulative!Dumbledore after OotP) and all of a
sudden everyone's writing about it ... and many if not most of those
stories are never completed. Maybe it's worse for the Azkaban stories
because some of the other fad genres at least have obvious
resolutions. Even the original Azkaban story was left unresolved for
the longest time. By the time the difficulty became evident, however,
a lot of other stories had been started.
Dorothy
