Something I thought might be worth mentioning

[donnaimmaculata]

I 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?

Comments

[ptyx.livejournal.com]

I can understand, but I'm not like you. I think I'm weirder than you: I'm in love with a pairing, and I can identify myself with both of them.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, I don't want to identify myself with the man I crush on. I don't mind identifying myself with his love (or sex) interest (which makes me some subspecies of Mary-Sue, I guess), but that's not mandatory, either. I am perfectly happy just watching them from the shadows. (Which, I guess, makes me a Voyeur!Mary-Sue, liek, OMG!!)