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Anonymous user · 4mo

What is your favorite artistic genre to write/draw/etc? Is it different from your favorite genre to read/watch?

There's a lot to talk about this question, so I'll give both a short and a very, very long answer.

Short answer: My favorite genres are slice of life, horror, drama, iyashikei, mystery and romance. Usually, there's overlap between what I like to create and what I like to consume, for the lack of a better word.

Very, very long answer:

When it comes to writing, most of my stories are dramas. They also tend to have many fantastical elements, which come as an influence from Fumito Ueda's work.

I have many projects in progress. I've been writing a lot of horror and fictional folklore, which are all short stories.

For my longer narratives, I like their foundation to be akin to a slice of life, because it's important for me to know how characters live so I can create a stronger connection to them. I've been trying to write more mysteries, and currently, most of my projects are inspired by folklore and paranormal phenomena.

I also write fanfiction, although I haven't published any of my fics. So far they're all romance and iyashikei, but I've been thinking of writing a few platonic dynamics too.

About the stories I like to read and watch, it's usually the genres I mentioned in my short answer. When it comes to books, I don't think I have any strong preferences. I mostly read classic literature, but currently, I'm reading a mystery book that has been pretty fun. For fanfiction, I almost exclusively read yuri, but I'm open to other ship dynamics and platonic stories too. I just haven't found anything that caught my attention yet.

For games, movies, manga, television and so on, I don't think I have anything too specific to say. Most of the TV shows I've watched recently are themed around paranormal phenomena, conspiracy theories and folklore, like X-Files, Twin Peaks and Gravity Falls. I also love stories set in the late 90s/early 2000s, stories that have a "Y2K" vibe.

Now, for drawing, my preferences are mostly the same for what I like to see and what I like to create. I like drawings that place characters in actual scenes, in other words, drawings that have some kind of narrative context. Unfortunately, my skills aren't good enough for me to create that kind of art yet, so I'm trying to practice more.

It's been hard to concentrate on my thoughts now, but I think this will give you a good idea about my preferences. If there's anything more you'd like to know, feel free to ask.

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