You listed my fic! I think...I think that I may cry.
*collects self*
Anyway, I completely agree with this. I've been trying to articulate my thoughts about A/J since the movie came out, but I've never managed to do it as well as this.
I find that most fic about them is either relentlessly depressing (that is, Johanna is batshit insane and Anthony is too stupid to notice or too defeated to do anything and their relationship is DOOMED DOOMED DOOMED) or so fluffy that I can't help but wonder if the writers even saw the movie. A happy medium exists, fandom.
I'm also amused/distressed by all the Sweeney/Lovett shippers and Sweeney/OC writers and slash fans who say, "Anthony/Johanna is ridiculous! They have ISSUES in their relationship!"
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*collects self*
Anyway, I completely agree with this. I've been trying to articulate my thoughts about A/J since the movie came out, but I've never managed to do it as well as this.
I find that most fic about them is either relentlessly depressing (that is, Johanna is batshit insane and Anthony is too stupid to notice or too defeated to do anything and their relationship is DOOMED DOOMED DOOMED) or so fluffy that I can't help but wonder if the writers even saw the movie. A happy medium exists, fandom.
I'm also amused/distressed by all the Sweeney/Lovett shippers and Sweeney/OC writers and slash fans who say, "Anthony/Johanna is ridiculous! They have ISSUES in their relationship!"