Today I was searching for good fanfics again (yes, good is subjective, but that doesn't matter here). Once more I was slightly disappointed, because the most I get lately are drabbles. I don't mind drabbles, but I miss the good old multi-chaptered fanfic. Where did it go?

I understand authors telling me they drabbled this and that while they sat in classes or were somewhere where they couldn't write on a longer plot or something like that. But I don't understand why the trend altogether goes away from longer fanfics. Am I the only one enjoying a longer story? I admit a long fanfic is dangerous territory. What with all the independent life's of charas and the plot, which tries to escape the grip of the author. Anyway, in my opinion an author who is able to catch the character of a person or a pairing in a short drabble, should try to think of developing the action further. Why stop at a short scene when you have thousands of options to delve in the depths of a thrilling plot?

A drabble of course fills gaps in the canon story or picks out wonderful little aspects of a relationship, but I miss the building tension. Where is the question of "what if"? I always thought fanfics should use the "what if" and create a "new world" or at least an "advanced world". Drabbles won't suffice this purpose. They are too constricted (just through their length).