Comedy can be difficult, no question. But so can angst! No one wants to read melodrama.
It's about tone and inflection and with fandom, it's about staying in voice. I have written quite a bit in comedic fandoms when a "voice" is infectious. Saul Goodman, Sheldon, Dwight, D'Hoffryn. But vicey-versy, I found myself continually hog-tied wanting to write a darker, more serious Ed / Stede for OFMD last year.
I don't know "Friends" but I think it is fascinating to ponder what shows seem to garner crazy amounts of fic and why. I would think that "Friends" simply has a very different fanbase than Buffy.
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It's about tone and inflection and with fandom, it's about staying in voice. I have written quite a bit in comedic fandoms when a "voice" is infectious. Saul Goodman, Sheldon, Dwight, D'Hoffryn. But vicey-versy, I found myself continually hog-tied wanting to write a darker, more serious Ed / Stede for OFMD last year.
I don't know "Friends" but I think it is fascinating to ponder what shows seem to garner crazy amounts of fic and why. I would think that "Friends" simply has a very different fanbase than Buffy.