Fanfic musing
I don't know why I said I needed an icon for my fic writing whinges when I have this one. Not that this post is a whinge. More of a muse.
So, the other day, brutti_ma_buoni said that she's written 300+ fics in the last five years, which got me to wondering how many fics I've written in my eight years of fanfic writing (I think it's eight anyway). I haven't ( Read more... )
So, the other day, brutti_ma_buoni said that she's written 300+ fics in the last five years, which got me to wondering how many fics I've written in my eight years of fanfic writing (I think it's eight anyway). I haven't ( Read more... )
To your questions - I've only written in two fandoms - Moulin Rouge (why does that still embarrass me to admit? IDK) and Buffy. writing fanfic or meta is something I can't imagine for any other movie or tv show (other than one not-bad effort for the movie The Hours, come to think of it.) And I came into fandom SWEARING I wouldn't write in this one. Hah.
As a newbie I'm not so aware of whose old, whose new - to me the library is just beginning to expand in terms of fics in this 'verse - from LJ to fanfic.net - which is where I got my start writing fanfic, but it never occured to me to look there for buffyverse fics until I found some recs - AoL, plus a variety of older websites, etc. And quite a few tend to be undated; I rarely glance at dates anyway. So for me, or I would think any other newbie, there's a great deal of richness yet to explore - this is the candy shop and here's the key.
None of which gets back to what you are saying, but - maybe there are only so many stories that can be told? As a writer I want to say something different, or say the same thing in my own particular way, and a lot has already been said. This applies to writing meta as well, of course. How many variations of Buffy and Spike reunite post-Chosen can there possibly be? And also, I'm not so much with the shippiness. That is, I love the late seasons, love Buffy and Spike S7, but the show wasn't exclusively about the romantic 'ships, but the majority of fanfic is.
I'm trying to expand my reading outside of spuffy but Bangel really doesn't float my boat, even when it's well-writing. Although I read two rather good, multichapter AU-ish ones yesterday that had some really original ideas and settings; and one had even very well-developed original characters. (Of course I've misplaced the link to it.)
And the overall level of writing is so high, at least what I've found, compared to the other fandom I was in (admittedly that's an apples to oranges comparison) that for my own part, I feel awed and more than a bit inadequate, looking at the quality that already exists here.
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Snicker - did anyone else think - wow, 200 years, and if you hade only two dates a year that would be..." ;)
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Thank you. But they are mostly *really* short, you know. And I like to noodle around with things as well as sometimes writing something actually worth keeping.
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Challenge?
...Nah.
*diez*
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No way. I concede the floor. :)
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And yes, the Hours was one of my favorite movies - probably still is, I haven't watched it for a while. (the commentary track on the DVD is one of the few commentary tracks I actually enjoy.) It was the second or third movie I ever saw in which I felt like I was not quite the same person going out as I was coming in. (Previous honors go to The Piano and possibly Sophie's Choice, although I watched the latter on TV.) I literally buried my face in my hands and sobbed at the end of it because I felt like I'd been ripped down the center.
My friend who came with me was understandably a bit thrown by my behavior, poor dear.
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You definitely should watch The Piano and Sophie's Choice. The Piano was one of the best movies of the '90's - I watched it again about ten years afterwards, expecting to feel very differently about it (ie as I get older my understanding and experience changes me and how I relate to a film etc) but I felt like I was the same person or it was the same film; it still stunned me, like an Old Testament god whom you hope is pleased with your offering, lest they smite you down. (I'm exaggerating for effect, but still....) And have hankies at the read when you watch Sophie's Choice, its utterly heartbreaking.
I really enjoyed Billy Elliot quite a bit but haven't seen The Reader. I was suprised he made another film; his comments after The Hours were very bitter in terms of the Weinstein brothers and all the game-playing that went along with promoting the film, etc.
BTW- pretty new icon! It's Buffy in S4, isn't it?
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And, of course, my ficlet is in Italian. But eventually I'll translate that one too - I really wrote too many fanfics!
You know, actually everyone told me how beautiful was The Piano and, maybe, because of that I'm hesitating. I feel like it's too much the "you should watch" rather than "I'd like to watch". Am I making any sense here? My brain works in mysterious ways.
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I understand completely! At my last workplace everyone went on and on and on about "March of the Penguins" and what I heard made me decide to be utterly contrary and not see it. (Also, the descriptions brought back memories of those silly Disney nature documentaries I watched as a little girl on tv.) So my sweetie and I went to see The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, instead - also a documentary and it made me bawl like a baby (happy tears) at the end. It's about love and devotion of very unconventional sorts.
On the other hand, overhearing strangers rave about Shakespeare in Love is what made me see it. I guess it's all to do with whether or not the thing sounds interesting to me or not.
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