Romance in Narnia Questions
So, the wonderful Narnia podcast AsCast is asking some questions for their next podcast, pertaining to romance in Narnia fanfiction, and rthstewart and I thought it would be a good idea to widen the search for answers to our lovely friends here on LJ. If y'all want to share your thoughts in comments, that'd be super cool, and then irishsongbird will take a look at them to add to her cache of opinions for the podcast.
Here's Irish's post over at NFFR with her guiding questions:
Hey guys! So, AsCast is recording its first summer Minisode on June 1st, and we want to hear from a bunch of others on our discussion topic before we record! Obviously, from the title of this thread, our topic is ROMANCE IN NARNIA.
I'll read through this thread before we record and use whatever comments I find particularly interesting/insightful on the show. To keep things more organized, I've come up with some questions to help you formulate your responses. Please use them since it will make organization easier for me! If you have other things to add that don't fit with the questions, state them AFTER you've answered the questions. You don't have to answer everything...give me only as much as you feel like!
1. Why do you think romance so prevalent in Narnia fanfic when the books have zero romance?
2. Does romance belong in Narnia? Why or why not?
3. What makes a Narnian romance good? (You may use specific examples from stories that you consider to be good, but NOT stories you consider to be bad because we don't want to do any bashing.)
4. General Spare 'Oom versus NARNIA romance...thoughts? Which do you prefer and why? Which one allows for greater freedom and interesting plots or characters?
6. Slash and incest in Narnia - this is a sensitive topic, so please be respectful in your responses, but feel free to state your opinions. Just be adult about it.
5. Is romance easier or harder to write than non-romance?
6. Do you read romance outside of fanfic or do you stay away from it?
7. Do you have any recommendations of good Narnia romance?
*I'm also going to PM various Narnia authors, romance and non-romance, with some of these questions to see what they have to say, so hopefully this will be a really interesting discussion to listen to!
Here's Irish's post over at NFFR with her guiding questions:
Hey guys! So, AsCast is recording its first summer Minisode on June 1st, and we want to hear from a bunch of others on our discussion topic before we record! Obviously, from the title of this thread, our topic is ROMANCE IN NARNIA.
I'll read through this thread before we record and use whatever comments I find particularly interesting/insightful on the show. To keep things more organized, I've come up with some questions to help you formulate your responses. Please use them since it will make organization easier for me! If you have other things to add that don't fit with the questions, state them AFTER you've answered the questions. You don't have to answer everything...give me only as much as you feel like!
1. Why do you think romance so prevalent in Narnia fanfic when the books have zero romance?
2. Does romance belong in Narnia? Why or why not?
3. What makes a Narnian romance good? (You may use specific examples from stories that you consider to be good, but NOT stories you consider to be bad because we don't want to do any bashing.)
4. General Spare 'Oom versus NARNIA romance...thoughts? Which do you prefer and why? Which one allows for greater freedom and interesting plots or characters?
6. Slash and incest in Narnia - this is a sensitive topic, so please be respectful in your responses, but feel free to state your opinions. Just be adult about it.
5. Is romance easier or harder to write than non-romance?
6. Do you read romance outside of fanfic or do you stay away from it?
7. Do you have any recommendations of good Narnia romance?
*I'm also going to PM various Narnia authors, romance and non-romance, with some of these questions to see what they have to say, so hopefully this will be a really interesting discussion to listen to!