Fic Series: Response Ficlets
I've been toying with the idea of writing at least one ficlet in direct response to the television I watch each week for a while, as a sort of experiment in fan fiction as canon reaction rather than fan fiction as a genre in and of itself. I haven't done it before because it seemed like a lot to commit to, and of course it isn't directly tied to my larger goals of learning how to write longer, plottier things in service to eventually writing original work again.
But then last night I watched this week's Elementary, and. . . yeah. I *had* to write a response ficlet, because, just, NO. Joan does not have to apologize for being angry that her estranged step-father wrote a book about her without her permission in which there is an actual sex scene between her and Sherlock. I haven't been so viscerally yucked by something on my television in quite a while. I'm with the AV Club review: "This show is a procedural; if Joan weren’t a main character, these would be Murderer Red Flags," not grounds for a heartwarming family reunion scene. I couldn't go to sleep until I'd done something to process my reaction a little. Here are the results:
Title: A Scoundrel and a Creep
Fandom: Elementary
Relationship(s): Joan & Kitty, Joan & Henry Watson
Word Count: 260
Genre: Episode Tag
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: Kitty Winter reads Grover Ogden
And so I've committed myself. I don't know if I'm going to be able to really do this once a week (after all, there are all those summer months where there isn't much new television on the air), but at least now I've taken the plunge and said I'm going to try. Besides, anything to boost my wordcount for getyourwordsout, right?
(Also: Jesus fuck, my little tiny crumb of representation, a mixed Asian/white family, gets used for this?!? A cheap joke obviously driven by misogynistic racism?!?)
But then last night I watched this week's Elementary, and. . . yeah. I *had* to write a response ficlet, because, just, NO. Joan does not have to apologize for being angry that her estranged step-father wrote a book about her without her permission in which there is an actual sex scene between her and Sherlock. I haven't been so viscerally yucked by something on my television in quite a while. I'm with the AV Club review: "This show is a procedural; if Joan weren’t a main character, these would be Murderer Red Flags," not grounds for a heartwarming family reunion scene. I couldn't go to sleep until I'd done something to process my reaction a little. Here are the results:
Title: A Scoundrel and a Creep
Fandom: Elementary
Relationship(s): Joan & Kitty, Joan & Henry Watson
Word Count: 260
Genre: Episode Tag
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: Kitty Winter reads Grover Ogden
And so I've committed myself. I don't know if I'm going to be able to really do this once a week (after all, there are all those summer months where there isn't much new television on the air), but at least now I've taken the plunge and said I'm going to try. Besides, anything to boost my wordcount for getyourwordsout, right?
(Also: Jesus fuck, my little tiny crumb of representation, a mixed Asian/white family, gets used for this?!? A cheap joke obviously driven by misogynistic racism?!?)