Pedantry and Death Mode Drabbles

[soc_puppet]

So on the one hand, I could point out that the English language use of the term "haiku" is a very watered down version of the traditional Japanese form, and that therefore using it to defend defining drabbles as exactly 100 words may not be the best move; you're going to get dozens of pedants in the notes (just like me, right here and now) pointing out all the other rules that haiku have beyond just the 5-7-5 syllable arrangement, and how English language haiku largely ignore those rules, so maybe comparing drabbles to sonnets or Bredlik poems would be more appropriate.

But the much more interesting and funny approach would be to suggest that 100 words is the minimum form requirement for drabbles, and that there should be different optional rules for drabbles depending on who your writing buddies are, what fandom you're in, etc.

Tell me, what would your extra requirements be for Death Mode Drabbles? 😈

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[definitely_not_an_alb]

221Bs originate with Sherlock (unsurprisingly) and have to be exactly 221 words long and the last word has to start with a B. Sometimes there were more restrictions I think, but Fanlore doesn't list them.

I've actually got one WIP in a folder somewhere that's a drabble collage like that! It's so neat and also so hard. Definitely goes with the 'needs to have an arc' thing, because then you need every drabble to essentially be a full scene in some way.

'Drabbles that are also sonnets' does in fact sound like hell. I'm not up-and-up with Pokémon, where does the 151 come from there?

[soc_puppet]

Oh yeah, I can see that as the origin there 😜

Oh, drabble collage! I like that as a name for it! I've got at least one outline that wants to be either a drabble collage or a three-sentence-ficathon collage to actually end up being written. Less brain power in some respects, more brain power in others.

Lol, a couple of people were demanding that someone else write a drabble-sonnet so they weren't compelled to do so 😂

151 is how many Pokémon were in the original game/the first generation of Pokémon. For 151s, I'd say that they have to include at least a reference to Pokémon, in some way, shape or form; least strict can be in a non-Pokémon universe with a reference to merch or the games or a movie or whatever, medium strict has to be in a Pokémon setting, very strict has to include a Pokémon as part of the story, and most strict would be that it has to be about one of the original 151.