For me, crack is mainly about juxtaposition, putting two seemingly conflicting things together.
Some is, but sometimes that's just AU, too. It's a very fine line, I think. And, yes, that sugar-high attitude about crackfic is pretty prevelant, I think--it's become the cheap champagne of fanfic, complete with the wheeeee! and the bubbles and the giggling. I think I'd rather the definition slid that way, though, and left AU as the label of choice for more seriously experimental things. That's probably snobbish of me, but I'd like that fine line between them to be a little more substantial. I'd like to see the seriously experimental recognized and appreciated as being something apart from crackfic.
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Date: 2006-01-18 11:45 pm (UTC)Some is, but sometimes that's just AU, too. It's a very fine line, I think. And, yes, that sugar-high attitude about crackfic is pretty prevelant, I think--it's become the cheap champagne of fanfic, complete with the wheeeee! and the bubbles and the giggling. I think I'd rather the definition slid that way, though, and left AU as the label of choice for more seriously experimental things. That's probably snobbish of me, but I'd like that fine line between them to be a little more substantial. I'd like to see the seriously experimental recognized and appreciated as being something apart from crackfic.