a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
The omni-sexuality. The charm. The charisma. The self-confidence. (Before I realized just how much churning darkness was lying underneath all that stuff.) I swear to god, "Don't Know When" pretty much wrote itself by the time I'd finished Empty Child/Doctor Dances for the first time.
b. One of his/her best traits? The omni-sexuality. (Am I repeating myself.) Seriously. After all the H/W drama about acknowledging the attraction at all, it's nice to have a character for who that's not an issue. (Although I was crazy enough to think it also meant a lack of ship-wars. Hahahahahahahah)
c. One of his/her worst traits. Narcissism. Not just worrying about his gray hairs. I think he's still seriously self-involved, and most things end up being about HIM!
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character. Really easy. John's acting and general persona make the voice sing, even if the character doesn't.
e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
The sex scene with Owen at the end of Employee Appreciation, specifically when Owen says, "This doesn't make me gay," and Jack says "And screwing Gwen Cooper won't make you straight."
I think that still holds up after the 2nd series.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future (which may be more optimistic than realistic, but rousing old muses does sometimes gets work written).
Plenty more Jack coming in mmom, several longer fics in the works and my Jack/Noah story for kohl_rimmed_eye's bday.
a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
The omni-sexuality. The charm. The charisma. The self-confidence. (Before I realized just how much churning darkness was lying underneath all that stuff.) I swear to god, "Don't Know When" pretty much wrote itself by the time I'd finished Empty Child/Doctor Dances for the first time.
b. One of his/her best traits?
The omni-sexuality. (Am I repeating myself.)
Seriously. After all the H/W drama about acknowledging the attraction at all, it's nice to have a character for who that's not an issue. (Although I was crazy enough to think it also meant a lack of ship-wars. Hahahahahahahah)
c. One of his/her worst traits.
Narcissism. Not just worrying about his gray hairs. I think he's still seriously self-involved, and most things end up being about HIM!
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
Really easy. John's acting and general persona make the voice sing, even if the character doesn't.
e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
The sex scene with Owen at the end of Employee Appreciation, specifically when Owen says, "This doesn't make me gay," and Jack says "And screwing Gwen Cooper won't make you straight."
I think that still holds up after the 2nd series.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future (which may be more optimistic than realistic, but rousing old muses does sometimes gets work written).
Plenty more Jack coming in mmom, several longer fics in the works and my Jack/Noah story for kohl_rimmed_eye's bday.
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Jack/Noah ought to be good.
And Jack's narcissism does get in the way a bit. But he's Jack, and we work with it. Because in the end it really is all about him.
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