Break-in characters

Apr 16, 2008 20:41

A few of you may have noticed that so far this year I have written exactly two short fics so far. Leaving aside the small matter of how many long fics I used to write in a year, the thing that I have been thinking about is that both of those fics are Doctor Who fics based around Donna ( Read more... )

stargate, fandom, torchwood, deep stuff, doctor who, atlantis, buffy, sga

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selenay936 April 20 2008, 15:26:26 UTC
That surprises me, because I have nothing but love for her.

Same for me - I adore her more with every episode. I will admit that I wasn't entirely convinced when I saw Runaway Bride originally, but I rewatched it a couple of months later and couldn't understand why I'd ever been unsure about her! I think some people are finding it hard to get past Catherine Tate playing her and people are focusing a lot on the fact that she's louder and more pushy that Martha or Rose. The Catherine Tate thing was why I was initially unsure about her, but CT is much better actress that I ever thought she would be. Donna challenging the Doctor and voicing her opinions (loudly sometimes, yes) is one of the things that I absolutely love about her.

That way the POV echoes my own.

Now that's really interesting. I'm trying to think back to how I felt about the characters when I'm writing them or watching them. I don't tend to be in love with the characters on the shows so that doesn't really affect my character choice. Perhaps with Buffy fic I was a little in love with Faith and Willow when I was writing them, but it was usually more about their feelings for Buffy rather than the other way around. If we took a poll around fandom, I wonder what the split would be on how people choose 'their' character?

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