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[roxy]

Oh my. Supernatural, Smallville...Thursday night is made of happy!

So, last part of my story made me kind of depressed. Silly, I know but there you have it. So, this next part is also very depressing even though little scenes keep spinning out in my head, I refuse to write them down. Or I write a few lines of dialog here, a little description there...I keep rewriting it to make it less depressing. Like, Clark runs away from home and ends up in Disneyland, with a tummy ache from too much cotton candy.

Hah. Hark at me, I'm insane!

So, here's the question, how realistic should I make it? Would it be undercutting the story to avoid dealing with Clark on the street? I know in the end it's my decision, but I was just curious as to what ya'll thought about it? He'll be staying with a series of people before Lex (OCs warning, folks!) and I'm not planning on taking a half year getting there. (crosses fingers and prays)

help a sister out?

Comments

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

>Would it be undercutting the story to avoid dealing with Clark on the street?

my experience in reading stories where clark's kind of derelict is mixed. i can enjoy it a little, but not when it gets so degrading and harrowing that for the rest of the story, i feel like he's hopelessly damaged goods. that may sound more moralistic than i mean for it to. hmmm. i guess i'm trying to say that avoiding it entirely might be too much of a shortcut, but graphic abuse or whatever would be painful to the reader (i.e., me).

so long as i know lex will pull him out of the gutter eventually, though, i'll hang in there no matter what! there's nothing like a good redemption scene. ;)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

That's what I think too. He's already been hurt badly, and I hate to make it worse, or rather, worse in a graphic way. So, I'm trying to figure out how to balance it, satisfy the reader and save my brain. I have an idea that I think would accomplish that, and I think I'll squeeze the time that he's on the street way down.

Thank you so much for giving me your input, you have no idea how much I appreciate it!

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

that sounds promising! i'll look forward to it.

you're so welcome. :)