See, I always perceived Sirius and Remus as friends, but I like playing with the reader's perception. In my head, they are clearly friends, not lovers, and when I write them together, I write them as friends. But I like dropping allusions and have other characters wonder about their relationship (like Bill in Genesis, for example). I think I've written only two explicit Sirius/Remus fics, but I hinted at the possibility of their being lovers plenty of times - for my personal pleasure.
interesting dynamic you'd set up there between them
Oh, that's very nice of you to say. I think I just see Remus as quietly influencing Sirius, without actually saying or doing much. Remus strikes me as the sort of person who will just hang around in the background and wordlessly exude disapproval. I use this a lot in my fics, especially with regard to Sirius.
Ah, Bill. Well, we we didn't know much about Bill, his character and his motives, I stuck to what we knew: he's good-looking, self-assured and casually arrogant (especially with regard to Ron). I guess the attack will have shattered his perception of himself - not only because of the contamination with the whole werewolf thing, but also because he suddenly finds himself being deprived of his self-assurance (he was defeated by a monster, instead of defeating a monster, which, as a curse-breaker, he was used to do), as well as his looks. And despite all that we like to say about looks not mattering much - if a person has been used to having them, the loss will weigh rather heavily, I'm sure.
Anyway, what I meant to say was: I liked Bill because he was fairly uncomplicated and fun to write. He didn't come with the emotional baggage (as far as we knew) that other characters carry, and I liked putting him in light(ish) scenarios. Now, he has been elevated into the ranks of the uber-angty guys, of which there have been plenty to begin with!
I doubt all my fics would have that 'character exploration' vibe though, LOL. ;)
You might think so, because you don't necessarily actively put so much thought into the characterisation when writing. But as soon as you start writing, you extrapolate the text and base your characterisation on that extrapolation. I think that, unless you write pure PWP (and often even then), there's always some character exploration hidden in there, even if you're not aware of it. Or something *g*
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interesting dynamic you'd set up there between them
Oh, that's very nice of you to say. I think I just see Remus as quietly influencing Sirius, without actually saying or doing much. Remus strikes me as the sort of person who will just hang around in the background and wordlessly exude disapproval. I use this a lot in my fics, especially with regard to Sirius.
Ah, Bill. Well, we we didn't know much about Bill, his character and his motives, I stuck to what we knew: he's good-looking, self-assured and casually arrogant (especially with regard to Ron). I guess the attack will have shattered his perception of himself - not only because of the contamination with the whole werewolf thing, but also because he suddenly finds himself being deprived of his self-assurance (he was defeated by a monster, instead of defeating a monster, which, as a curse-breaker, he was used to do), as well as his looks. And despite all that we like to say about looks not mattering much - if a person has been used to having them, the loss will weigh rather heavily, I'm sure.
Anyway, what I meant to say was: I liked Bill because he was fairly uncomplicated and fun to write. He didn't come with the emotional baggage (as far as we knew) that other characters carry, and I liked putting him in light(ish) scenarios. Now, he has been elevated into the ranks of the uber-angty guys, of which there have been plenty to begin with!
I doubt all my fics would have that 'character exploration' vibe though, LOL. ;)
You might think so, because you don't necessarily actively put so much thought into the characterisation when writing. But as soon as you start writing, you extrapolate the text and base your characterisation on that extrapolation. I think that, unless you write pure PWP (and often even then), there's always some character exploration hidden in there, even if you're not aware of it. Or something *g*