I´ve been wondering if there´s a canon version of Chazz´s childhood, especially regarding his parents. He didn´t say anything about them when he was being interviewed
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If by "personal canon" you mean "stuff I randomly thought up and talked over with Xena..." ;) I know she and I have different continuities in our heads, but I can't remember in my story what was originally mine and what she added to it. So, a disclaimer: Xena helped with this some. I think. It was a long time ago.
Chazz's biological father either left or died when Chazz was three and his mother was pregnant with his sister. Soon thereafter, his mom Got Religion and started dating Rick, who apparently got his Ph.D in Absolute Assholery. Rick is unpleasant under regular circumstances, but add in his frequent overdrinking to the mix, and you've got one abusive fuck. Chazz would try to protect his sister and ended up getting a lot of the bruises, but his mom just locked herself in her room and drank herself into a stupor. One night Rick was especially violent and smacking his mom around, so Chazz got a knife and, um... stab-stab. XENA SAYS RICK SHOULDN'T DIE but personally I think that'd be awesome. And... something... else... CHAZZ HAS A KID SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
The biggest problem with this (well, the two biggest problems) are that this ignores most of Chazz's "backstory" we get at the beginning of the movie and doesn't seem like it'd result in the same person we see in the film. I think this is okay, for a couple reasons. IMHO, all fanfiction is, to some extent, AU. We're all having fun with the same coloring book, but we've all got our own set of crayons. Most characters aren't totally in-character, but most people don't care. Only the author/creator/whatever can write something non-OOC, and even sometimes they mess up in sequels. ^^;
Chazz's biological father either left or died when Chazz was three and his mother was pregnant with his sister. Soon thereafter, his mom Got Religion and started dating Rick, who apparently got his Ph.D in Absolute Assholery. Rick is unpleasant under regular circumstances, but add in his frequent overdrinking to the mix, and you've got one abusive fuck. Chazz would try to protect his sister and ended up getting a lot of the bruises, but his mom just locked herself in her room and drank herself into a stupor. One night Rick was especially violent and smacking his mom around, so Chazz got a knife and, um... stab-stab. XENA SAYS RICK SHOULDN'T DIE but personally I think that'd be awesome. And... something... else... CHAZZ HAS A KID SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
The biggest problem with this (well, the two biggest problems) are that this ignores most of Chazz's "backstory" we get at the beginning of the movie and doesn't seem like it'd result in the same person we see in the film. I think this is okay, for a couple reasons. IMHO, all fanfiction is, to some extent, AU. We're all having fun with the same coloring book, but we've all got our own set of crayons. Most characters aren't totally in-character, but most people don't care. Only the author/creator/whatever can write something non-OOC, and even sometimes they mess up in sequels. ^^;
So yeah. Mmhm. That's right.
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Wow, you´ve put a lot of thought in this. =P
Chazz's biological father either left or died when Chazz was three <--- I agree with this part.
For me, his mother was a single parent, she worked at a cabaret and often took Chazz to work, that´s where he got his 30 year old girlfriend.
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