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miramiraOkay, so official Yuletide prompt? General plot is in place (though some very critical details remain to be hammered out) and I have some key anchoring lines of dialogue, but that's as far as I've gotten. Crazy crossover treat inspired by other fandoms the recipient's mentioned in his/her journal? Rapidly spiraling into an intricate multi-fic AU involving characters s/he hasn't even mentioned. I'm beginning to think the reason I've never felt the need to "expand my creativity" through recreational substances is that my muse drops enough acid for the both of us.
Anyway, meme entries!
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
There was a time I would have strenuously avoided anything that strayed too far from canon (or at least claimed to), but I think once you've written a few fics in a given fandom - particularly if most of the characters you're working with don't come with much backstory - you start developing your own worldview. I don't think it's altered my opinion of canon, though. Even my take on Hermione's parents is based on issues I already had with the source material.
14 - Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
I have yet to write an NC-17 fic. I'm not ruling it out, but I read a lot of Victorian novels at an impressionable age, so I provide just enough details to sketch out a sex scene and let my readers fill in the gaps. That, and there's probably an element of not wanting to share too much in terms of personal preferences. One of these days, I'll get over it.
15 – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
I don't write a whole lot of warning-worthy stuff, but I do make note of sex/innuendo and violence and sometimes language, depending on the comm. I also tend to label fics that contain mind control and dementia, since those are things that bother me. I feel a little conflicted about warning for character death: I understand why people want to be warned, but there are pieces where it really spoils the effect to know that it's coming - and to a certain extent, I feel like if something's explicitly part of the original source material and the fic isn't labeled as pure fluff, you need to be prepared for it. (I realize that argument falls apart in fandoms that contain material that's triggery by anyone's standards, which is why I do it anyway, but not without a certain degree of reluctance.)
Weirdest thing I've had to warn for? Other than apologizing for the crackiness of some of the crossovers and a drabble based on a bad joke, that would probably be clarifying that the first scene in my Narbonic fic was not going to result in a romance between a gerbil and a six year old. (Though I'm not sure I ever really explained Artie's human form well enough not to confuse anyone not familiar with the fandom.)
Anyway, meme entries!
13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
There was a time I would have strenuously avoided anything that strayed too far from canon (or at least claimed to), but I think once you've written a few fics in a given fandom - particularly if most of the characters you're working with don't come with much backstory - you start developing your own worldview. I don't think it's altered my opinion of canon, though. Even my take on Hermione's parents is based on issues I already had with the source material.
14 - Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?
I have yet to write an NC-17 fic. I'm not ruling it out, but I read a lot of Victorian novels at an impressionable age, so I provide just enough details to sketch out a sex scene and let my readers fill in the gaps. That, and there's probably an element of not wanting to share too much in terms of personal preferences. One of these days, I'll get over it.
15 – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?
I don't write a whole lot of warning-worthy stuff, but I do make note of sex/innuendo and violence and sometimes language, depending on the comm. I also tend to label fics that contain mind control and dementia, since those are things that bother me. I feel a little conflicted about warning for character death: I understand why people want to be warned, but there are pieces where it really spoils the effect to know that it's coming - and to a certain extent, I feel like if something's explicitly part of the original source material and the fic isn't labeled as pure fluff, you need to be prepared for it. (I realize that argument falls apart in fandoms that contain material that's triggery by anyone's standards, which is why I do it anyway, but not without a certain degree of reluctance.)
Weirdest thing I've had to warn for? Other than apologizing for the crackiness of some of the crossovers and a drabble based on a bad joke, that would probably be clarifying that the first scene in my Narbonic fic was not going to result in a romance between a gerbil and a six year old. (Though I'm not sure I ever really explained Artie's human form well enough not to confuse anyone not familiar with the fandom.)