~~on sex-gods, external vs internal fics, snappy dialogue, and my worship ongoing of bouncy rhetoric

i can't help categorizing things, it seems, but at least i realize that if i believe in the divisions too much it almost automatically invalidates them. that said, i've read some delicious stories lately, which got me to thinking.
    at first, it was just maya's latest chapter of ``underwater light". i adore her writing-- but more precisely i adore her characters, her harry & draco. i am falling in love right along with them. i'm falling in love -with- them. i can so totally understand what they see in each other, because i can see it too. and thinking of that, i realized that i can say that about a number of my all-time-favorite stories-- the characters were so real, and so adorable, and so vital and brilliant, that i was completely convinced of the veracity of their bond, as it grew.
    then there's cassie claire's snippet of a new harry/draco story, which shares this quality (as does all her writing, as well as maya's). usually i just say that it's adorable, the dialogue is so witty, the body-language so expressive, the descriptions so spot-on. but maybe that's looking at the details too exclusively. i just realized that again-- the more i read, the more i fell in love with these characters. since i -still- haven't finished most of jkr's books, my love for the characters is rooted purely in fanfic, and it's dependent on being rejuvenated with yet another fresh, energetic characterization.

and then there is the utter wrongness, hahah. i mean, i loff penelope_z's writing any day of the week-- but-- but! what does it say about me that upon reading the first 2 sentences of her (should i even -say- delicious??! ha) squid!draco fic, my love sky-rocketed to a whole new, deliriously frantic level??! (and off i went to report it, immediately, without even thinking twice-- or finishing the fic-- have to share the squeeeee now, not later) hee~:)

reading durendal's snippets of several of her unfinished fics, i also got the same sense of being enchanted and delighted-- it's like i get a crush on the characters as i read about them. i would say that this falling in love with characters is essential, the feeling i'm looking for the most, the trademark of my favorite stories. but then i realized that there's another type of story that also tends to capture my heart, and that would be where instead of falling in love with the characters, you identify with the characters and their feelings-- you are in their head, and you feel what they feel, you share their innermost thoughts and conflicts, and when a resolution or a climax happens in their story, you share their relief and joy and fear and so on.

( ...and now that i've linked to the three writers that got me on this extensive tangent, i will cut away and leave you to consider what would you rather be reading: that, or more of my inane ramblings, heh )