30 Day Fandom Meme Day 7

[leethet]

Day 07 – Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?
A fic I wrote or a fic I read? When I write I’m inevitably adding my own interpretation to the canon character; that always makes me like them more than I did before (even if I already really liked them). When reading … I’ve read fic that temporarily makes me see characters differently – good writing can do that. Generally I go back to my own viewpoint after, though – my viewpoint is stronger when I’ve written the character than it is when I’ve just read them in canon.

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[leethet.livejournal.com]

In terms of reading, both Linda White and Jane Fairfax persuade me, at least for the length of the fic, to see the guys as guys I either (in Linda's case) don't want to see (though I buy her characterization as valid) or (in Jane F.'s case) simply do not see. Although I don't come away seeing the guys their way, I do come away with my own view enriched, I think. :-) Good writing does that.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

You are a more generous reader than I am. I find Linda's stories entertaining and well written; but she's created such a self contained world--a parallel Uncle universe--and her characterizations of NS and IK are well thought out and have real depth and texture, but they're not the people I see on screen; so even when reading it's like a skewed version of Uncle and I have skew a bit to get into it. It never feels quite comfortable, though I certainly appreciate their strong points.

I don't get Jane Fairfax at all. At least not what I've read on line. It could be my personal discomfort with the way she uses sex in her stories, I don't know. To me, the two people she writes about only use the names NS and IK.

I think if I were reading original fiction by them--or something they'd written in a fandom I wasn't heavily invested in, I would be able to enter whatever world they create with no difficulties--they're very good writers.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I don't get Jane Fairfax at all. At least not what I've read on line. It could be my personal discomfort with the way she uses sex in her stories, I don't know. To me, the two people she writes about only use the names NS and IK.

Well, I agree with you - but for the length of the story, I'm persuaded. :-) I'm not in general an AU fan, so it would be incorrect to say I'm a "fan" of Linda White's work, but, again, her extrapolation is well done and persuasive, and I buy it (hers, actually, I buy even after I go away - it makes complete sense to me that these guys could basically go crazy doing what they do). I don't want to be in that universe, but hell yes I buy it. :-)

[elmey.livejournal.com]

it makes complete sense to me that these guys could basically go crazy doing what they do).

Actually I agree with this completely. I can read it as an AU. I just prefer a different Uncle universe.