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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Well, we were both very terrified of and very fascinated by Jed & Toby then. :)
Angel might surprise you in his own show; I started watching the spin-off for Cordelia, as I had no strong feelings about Angel one way or the other on BTVS, but he definitely surprised me. (The change of perspective and more dimensionality has a lot to do with it.) As for Connor, he's in his VK form in the entire fourth season (which is very much about him and Angel), as well as in three season 3 and two season 5 episodes. If you don't mind being spoiled, I wrote an essay about his character arc once.
You know, Gaius actually became my favourite on BSG after Laura stopped being it (though I still liked her), but I've never written his pov! I don't know why. I love reading it, that's for sure.
(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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Angel might surprise you in his own show; I started watching the spin-off for Cordelia, as I had no strong feelings about Angel one way or the other on BTVS, but he definitely surprised me. (The change of perspective and more dimensionality has a lot to do with it.) As for Connor, he's in his VK form in the entire fourth season (which is very much about him and Angel), as well as in three season 3 and two season 5 episodes. If you don't mind being spoiled, I wrote an essay about his character arc once.
You know, Gaius actually became my favourite on BSG after Laura stopped being it (though I still liked her), but I've never written his pov! I don't know why. I love reading it, that's for sure.
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