Yeah. Like books where the title is wonderful and says it all, and reading it isn't really gaining anything. Perhaps the correct artform is Filk Line :)
It took me *aaaages* to work out what filk *was*. I had associations because I knew what people described as it, but it didn't seem to make sense. Then I went to wikipedia and discovered my understanding was right :) Their description is beautifully worked out, something like, songs characterised by being about, or by the sort of people who write filk about, scifi/fantasy songs... It really is "know it when you hear it" but wikipedia was good at capturing that essence like a butterfly of etymology[1].
once you've one outstandingly line ... coming up with enough filler isn't really motivating
It took me *aaaages* to work out what filk *was*. I had associations because I knew what people described as it, but it didn't seem to make sense. Then I went to wikipedia and discovered my understanding was right :) Their description is beautifully worked out, something like, songs characterised by being about, or by the sort of people who write filk about, scifi/fantasy songs... It really is "know it when you hear it" but wikipedia was good at capturing that essence like a butterfly of etymology[1].
[1] Entomology pun not intended :)