Dispelling the Myths
Okay then, as most of you well know I am a Torchwood fan. Any of you who really know me will know that I'm a multishipper no matter the fandom (except Star Wars - Jaina/Kyp all the way in that).You'll also know that I love to analyse things, and have an interest in fandom. Anyway, I've decided to get together a list of things
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It's in "Memories" now for future reading.
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I do hope you get the time to read it and maybe come up with a meta of your own. Thank you for adding this to your Memories.
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And I will be using this to avoid the tropes in my future scribblings :)
Gxxx
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Thank you for reading this huge meta, and glad you liked it.
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And as for Badfics, I'm an FF.net regular ;) Most of these tropes would, sadly, have you deluged with reviews. Strangely, I've not seen most of them there
Gxxx
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I no longer post to FF.N as I was on there during the great culls and had some fics deleted. Why I came to LJ. ;)
Mind you, there are some fics on Teaspoon that fit the tropes that I've mentioned, and it is interesting that the ones that do tend to have the most reviews. Is odd. Then again, a lot of badfic tends to have a cult following of people who apparently like it while the good fic gets buried amongst the badfic and you have to go digging for it. It's a pity - some of those good fics deserve way more praise and attention than they get.
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Thank you. I love your analysis of the series and the issues that arise from people writing things that are not true to what really appears on the screen.
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I know of one fic writer who, when I called them on the way they wrote a character and a comment they made, told me straight up that they're fictional characters and their personalities aren't fixed and can be screwed around with. As you can guess all their characters were completely OOC but they could see nothing wrong with that.
Thank you for reading and commenting on this. It is exceptionally long. Sorry about that.
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We have all read novels that are "so so.. just mediocre" because the the characters involved in the plot just do not jump out at us and enthrall us. That is what makes Torchwood and a few others so intriguing, because the writers of Torchwood have created those characters with a depth that they become real people to us.
I wish fan writers would understand that concept. Give them an AU, but do not morph the personalities of the characters.
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Is this how you see it? Or do you have a different take?
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I get a giggle out of the idea that Jack's tied up while Ianto's making coffee, though. Not a whit of proof for that, either, but it's funny! :)
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