Camera Obscura: yes, I had read it! It's even one of my favorites from andrastewhite, but for some reason I didn't recall it as an h/c story. You're right, though, it is, even if it doesn't really fit the usual description of the genre - but then again, with Londo/G'Kar, as you say, the typical h/c tropes wouldn't work. Strangely, I still can't find anything remotely h/c in your stories for the pairing - except if you'd count that kissage snippet you just added to the list.
From you're "There is no sex, true" - should I read that to mean that most people expect sex in a h/c story? Because I'm mostly on the other side of the fence, I think, except in some rare cases where the writer is skilled enough to convince me otherwise.
Yes, I agree: dosage, balance, those are the things that sell it to me, as well. A good plot is a plus, but not essential - though that, too, mostly hinges on the skill of the writer; it's harder to get it right when you don't have a plot to rely on, as style and characterization should do all the work. Maybe that's why I'm so twitchy about writing, um - well, this thing it is I'm writing now. There's no real plot, and the premise was fixed by the request (which was, essentially, for h/c on Centauri Prime in s5, involving another attempt on Londo's life), so dialogue and backstory are really all I have to work with. In fact, I would never have had the courage to post something like that if it hadn't been a request - meaning the request was a good thing (or could be, depending on what comes out :) ). Do you have any stories that you wrote on request or as response to ficathon promts, that you'd otherwise never have written, but liked anyway when they were finished?
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Date: 2009-09-04 07:25 am (UTC)From you're "There is no sex, true" - should I read that to mean that most people expect sex in a h/c story? Because I'm mostly on the other side of the fence, I think, except in some rare cases where the writer is skilled enough to convince me otherwise.
Yes, I agree: dosage, balance, those are the things that sell it to me, as well. A good plot is a plus, but not essential - though that, too, mostly hinges on the skill of the writer; it's harder to get it right when you don't have a plot to rely on, as style and characterization should do all the work. Maybe that's why I'm so twitchy about writing, um - well, this thing it is I'm writing now. There's no real plot, and the premise was fixed by the request (which was, essentially, for h/c on Centauri Prime in s5, involving another attempt on Londo's life), so dialogue and backstory are really all I have to work with. In fact, I would never have had the courage to post something like that if it hadn't been a request - meaning the request was a good thing (or could be, depending on what comes out :) ). Do you have any stories that you wrote on request or as response to ficathon promts, that you'd otherwise never have written, but liked anyway when they were finished?