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donnaimmaculataI consider fanfiction, to a great degree, as a platform that allows me to lust after some man I fancy. Therefore, I prefer to read fics that are not written from that man's PoV. I want see him through the eyes of others, because, in order to find someone fanciable, I musn't know what's going on inside their heads. I want the mystery. I want to remain an outsider. I want the distance.
Does that make sense to anyone else beside myself?
Does that make sense to anyone else beside myself?
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:06 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:28 am (UTC)On the other hand, Snape doesn't really like them, and he never says anything nice about either of them, so maybe this theory is utter bullshit.
I don't write Harry either way, which might have something to do with the fact that he is the hero of the novels. This means, we already know a lot about him anyway. We are in his head all the time, which, to me, makes him a less appealing character. Just like some people always go for the evil guy, I always go for the supporting cast.
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:34 am (UTC)Reader: "..."
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:37 am (UTC)Reader: "O-kay..."
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:48 am (UTC)I want my crush to remain a mystery, like it would be in RL - otherwise it's just too confusing. I want to see him through someone else's eyes (but not in a second person narrative though, I hate that)
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Date: 2004-09-22 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-22 05:54 am (UTC)hum, I'm in serious need of Remus slash. Once I get some time off for good behavior, I'll jump on those like a... like a cannibal who likes seafood in front of a frogmen buffet. That's a lot of craving.
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Date: 2004-09-22 07:08 am (UTC)When I write slash it varies because I am usually drooling over both participants. :oD
Reading is different. I'll read it if I like the pairing or the author. POV doesn't really factor.
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Date: 2004-09-23 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-22 07:49 am (UTC)Or maybe it depends on the pairing. If it's more of a sexually motivated relationship I probably want to see from the less-hot one's perspective; if I'm interested in them emotionally I want to look inside both of their heads to see how they go together.
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Date: 2004-09-22 12:20 pm (UTC)Sometimes it is so obvious you can practically see that pool of drool on the writer´s keyboard. *g*
For me, this kind of fic that revels in the physical beauty of one or both parts of a pairing is almost a genre by itself. I call it drool-fic.
You know, these stories that make you smile indulgently and think "Have it bad, eh?" :-)
By sheer coincidence I came upon such a story shortly after I read your entry, a Highlander rec on
Should this in any way remind you of Pratchett´s Greebo, don´t worry: no similarity whatsoever!
The moment when Methos turns and sees the creature in its human form for the first time is drool-fic par excellence!
Not that I dislike it, I quite enjoy it once in a while, but as I said: it makes me smile a bit. :-)
It´s the female equivalent to a bunch of males admiring Pamela Anderson´s boobs. Only women do it so much more elegantly and inventively than the average male.
That´s another reason why I love fanfic!
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Date: 2004-09-23 02:15 am (UTC)Excellent name!
I know I wrote Genesis to shamelessly drool over Remus. Blatant admiration can be quite entertaining.
But maybe I should elaborate: I'm not necessarily after detailed descriptions of pretty body parts (though this, too, can be a good thing). What I want is to see the character I'm mainly interested in through the eyes on an outsider. I don't want to know what the character thinks and feels, I want to have to guess. That's the way to keep my interest. (In fanfic as well as in RL, if it comes to that.)
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Date: 2004-09-23 05:43 am (UTC)When Remus is being all mysterious and stuff, we don't want to know that he's thinking 'these underpants were a bad choice. I've totally got a wedgie.' Do we?
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Date: 2004-09-23 06:00 am (UTC)'look at that though! Look at his throat when he drinks! Don't tell me you don't like that...'
Heh! Exactly.
Even though Remus was the character who drew me in into HP in the first place, it took me very long to be able to write from his PoV. I want him to be mysterious and I definitely don't want to know about his bad underwear choice. (There are sources, though, who claim that Remus doesn't wear underwear anyway.)
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Date: 2004-09-23 06:36 am (UTC)How come it was Remus that drew you in? The werewolf thing, or the mystery or teh hawt?
I'm becoming addicted to an RPG with Remus just now. And they keep using Jamie Bamber icons which is doubling my pleasure.
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Date: 2004-09-23 06:46 am (UTC)Seriously, though, I liked Remus from the start; the way he spoke and acted with that quiet authority, his polite and secretly amused way of insulting Snape, and when he turned out to be a werewolf, I was lost. The tragedy, oh the tragedy and drama and darkness behind the calm facade! All feral and grrr indeed *fans self*
Are you watching or playing in the RPG? And who's Jamie Bamber?
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Date: 2004-09-23 07:09 am (UTC)And I love the bit in OotP when Harry is asking him and Sirius about Snape's worst memory and he is all 'I should have done a better job controlling my friends' etc which makes me want to cry every time I read it! *sniffles*
The rpg is