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Random Thoughts
Sep. 15th, 2007 06:50 pm1. I don't do snaps cup memes or so-called "honesty" memes. I have no issues with people who do, but I guess I don't really see the point. I don't like feeling like I'm fishing for compliments, and "honesty" memes seem more like offering yourself up to be bitched at. Like a lot of folks, I go online for fun, and hearing what people don't like about me is not fun. I'd rather not know, to be honest. :-P
2. Every now and then I'll get a comment on a one-shot fic encouraging me to "write more soon!!1!". I always wonder if these are from folks who have primarily participated in fandom via FFN or something. It's as if every fic is viewed as a potential WIP and they want to be sure to let me know they'll be on the lookout for the next part. It's sort of odd. I feel like saying, "Actually, I ended the story there for a very good reason." But I don't, of course.
3. A lot of people commented on my recent Harry/Ron fic saying that they usually don't like the pairing but enjoyed the fic, which I (of course) love to hear. And though I like Harry/Ron, it's a pairing I tend to be really picky about as a reader. I prefer characterizations that are as close to canon as possible, I prefer fics set during canon, and so on. But with other pairings (like Harry/Draco, for example) I feel a lot of freedom to tinker with characterizations and enjoy that as a reader. It could just be a matter of Ron being a character we know really well in canon, where Draco isn't known so much, so it seems more reasonable to me to take his character in different directions. But we get a really clear view of Ron in canon, so it seems like a writer has to work really hard to justify a change in the character. Or maybe it's just OTPism -- after reading and writing a lot of H/D, I look for fresh takes on the characters, but with other pairings that's not what I'm looking for. Hmmm.
2. Every now and then I'll get a comment on a one-shot fic encouraging me to "write more soon!!1!". I always wonder if these are from folks who have primarily participated in fandom via FFN or something. It's as if every fic is viewed as a potential WIP and they want to be sure to let me know they'll be on the lookout for the next part. It's sort of odd. I feel like saying, "Actually, I ended the story there for a very good reason." But I don't, of course.
3. A lot of people commented on my recent Harry/Ron fic saying that they usually don't like the pairing but enjoyed the fic, which I (of course) love to hear. And though I like Harry/Ron, it's a pairing I tend to be really picky about as a reader. I prefer characterizations that are as close to canon as possible, I prefer fics set during canon, and so on. But with other pairings (like Harry/Draco, for example) I feel a lot of freedom to tinker with characterizations and enjoy that as a reader. It could just be a matter of Ron being a character we know really well in canon, where Draco isn't known so much, so it seems more reasonable to me to take his character in different directions. But we get a really clear view of Ron in canon, so it seems like a writer has to work really hard to justify a change in the character. Or maybe it's just OTPism -- after reading and writing a lot of H/D, I look for fresh takes on the characters, but with other pairings that's not what I'm looking for. Hmmm.
