pros of long fics: well thought out, character development, builds relationships
cons of long fics: impending sense that something is going to go wrong at any moment
They’re together and happy, but there’s still ten chapters left.
what goes wrong that needs 10 whole chapters to resolve
ok they werent really ‘together and happy’ in the beginning (quite the contrary actually) but i remember having this thought very explicitly the first time i read @deadcatwithaflamethrower’s ‘in a lonely place’
/gets to the big fight/ okay the good guys are gonna win and those who have been away can finally come home — wait WHY AM I ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIC