11. I have two different answers for that, depending on whether the someone in question was familiar with any of the canons for my fanfiction. If not, I would go for the two that don't require canon as they're respectively myth fic and historical fiction respectively, i.e. Spinning Fate or Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness .
On the downside, these are both pretty dark pieces and I can do humor as well. So if this potential person knows the canon, I'd go for the DS9 story Quark's Day, which may also be the one I'm proudest of, or at least one of them (can't really narrow it down to just one). Not least because it uses the entire DS9 ensemble and features thus a lot of layered relationships; it has a balance of angst and humor; it is a love declaration to the show, but also my way of addressing something that irked me in canon in what is otherwise one of my favourite DS9 seasons and dealing without in a way that is entirely canon-compatible.
9. Favorite character(s) to write? (PS, I doctored the question so you can give more than one answer. Please include at least one from a fandom I know! BSG, BrBa, BtVS, SFU, Lost, West Wing, etc)
Also if you'll answer an extension to this question - who has been the most challenging character to write for?
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That's a bit tricky to reply, because in the fandoms we share, I mostly have written only one story each, which doesn't really give me the opportunity to pick a favourite character to write for!
So: West Wing (my Toby & Jed Bartlet tale), Lost (Locke character portrait), Breaking Bad (the Skyler pov on her disintegrating marriage) beg to excuse themselves. In SFU I also only wrote one story, but there it was an ensemble story, so I got to write povs for each of the three Fisher siblings. Now my favourite of them on the show is David, but Claire was easiest to write for, plus letting her trade snappy dialogue with Lorne (= green singing empath demon from Angel) was just plain fun
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My overall favourite character to write for in any fandom remains Londo Mollari from Babylon 5. He's just so many things at once (though not always at the same time) in his canon, comic relief, villain, anti hero, hero, he's witty and heartbreaking and punchworthy and heartbreaking again and has the best fall and redemption story ever, and a really unmistakable voice which, once you've got it as your muse, just won't stop talking.
Most challenging: Toby Ziegler and Jed Bartlett. See, after I marathoned through the The West Wing, what I most wanted to read was a big story about their relationship, preferably set post series finale in which all the issues between them came up, and which felt true to both characters. And I looked and, well, next to nothing, and what there was didn't really do it for me. So I thought, self, try. I even had this idea about Toby, indignant in a "how dare you pardon me?" fashion, driving out to New Hampshire and ending up snowed in at the farm so neither of them could make a convenient exit after the
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OMG you wrote a Jed & Toby story? You are so brave. I love both characters and their complicated strained relationship but it would terrify me to write them. I'll have to read that one some time. I did always wonder how and when Toby and Jed reconciled after the pardon
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Argh. Impossible to choose, but I'll try. I'm pretty fond of Harmony's entire speech at Cordelia's wake in The Burying Kind, but especially her summary of Cordy's love life culminating in: Plus then Cordelia had this gooey-eyed thing going on with Angel, and hey, dating Angel is just the worst thing ever. Either he goes nutso after you boink him, or he doesn't and then it's totally humiliating.
On a more serious and actual dialogue note (since a speech at a wake is not a dialogue), I must confess I like my version of a certain 21st birthday party, specifically this bit: "That bastard was calling me a fag," he muttered, voice not even slightly slurred, but then, Hamburg had trained them all into drinking a considerable lot without letting this affect their vocals. Billy Kramer waited until enough bystanders-turned-helpful-Samaritans were between Brian, Bob Wooler and John, and then let John go. Cynthia tried to put her hand on his arm and draw him away, but John immediately shook her of. Imploringly, she looked at Paul
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11. If I’m showing off just one of your pieces to someone, which one should it be?
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On the downside, these are both pretty dark pieces and I can do humor as well. So if this potential person knows the canon, I'd go for the DS9 story Quark's Day, which may also be the one I'm proudest of, or at least one of them (can't really narrow it down to just one). Not least because it uses the entire DS9 ensemble and features thus a lot of layered relationships; it has a balance of angst and humor; it is a love declaration to the show, but also my way of addressing something that irked me in canon in what is otherwise one of my favourite DS9 seasons and dealing without in a way that is entirely canon-compatible.
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(PS, I doctored the question so you can give more than one answer. Please include at least one from a fandom I know! BSG, BrBa, BtVS, SFU, Lost, West Wing, etc)
Also if you'll answer an extension to this question - who has been the most challenging character to write for?
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That's a bit tricky to reply, because in the fandoms we share, I mostly have written only one story each, which doesn't really give me the opportunity to pick a favourite character to write for!
So: West Wing (my Toby & Jed Bartlet tale), Lost (Locke character portrait), Breaking Bad (the Skyler pov on her disintegrating marriage) beg to excuse themselves. In SFU I also only wrote one story, but there it was an ensemble story, so I got to write povs for each of the three Fisher siblings. Now my favourite of them on the show is David, but Claire was easiest to write for, plus letting her trade snappy dialogue with Lorne (= green singing empath demon from Angel) was just plain fun ( ... )
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My overall favourite character to write for in any fandom remains Londo Mollari from Babylon 5. He's just so many things at once (though not always at the same time) in his canon, comic relief, villain, anti hero, hero, he's witty and heartbreaking and punchworthy and heartbreaking again and has the best fall and redemption story ever, and a really unmistakable voice which, once you've got it as your muse, just won't stop talking.
Most challenging: Toby Ziegler and Jed Bartlett. See, after I marathoned through the The West Wing, what I most wanted to read was a big story about their relationship, preferably set post series finale in which all the issues between them came up, and which felt true to both characters. And I looked and, well, next to nothing, and what there was didn't really do it for me. So I thought, self, try. I even had this idea about Toby, indignant in a "how dare you pardon me?" fashion, driving out to New Hampshire and ending up snowed in at the farm so neither of them could make a convenient exit after the ( ... )
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On a more serious and actual dialogue note (since a speech at a wake is not a dialogue), I must confess I like my version of a certain 21st birthday party, specifically this bit:
"That bastard was calling me a fag," he muttered, voice not even slightly slurred, but then, Hamburg had trained them all into drinking a considerable lot without letting this affect their vocals. Billy Kramer waited until enough bystanders-turned-helpful-Samaritans were between Brian, Bob Wooler and John, and then let John go. Cynthia tried to put her hand on his arm and draw him away, but John immediately shook her of. Imploringly, she looked at Paul ( ... )
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