Elena Gilbert and fanfiction

[upupa_epops]

I'm in the middle of finals right now, so I'm trying very hard NOT to do anything particularly time-consuming in fandom (you can't imagine how many fic and meta ideas I have when I look at my vocabulary handouts...), but I had this awesome discussion with youcallitwinter about how Elena is depicted in fanfiction, and now I have loads and loads of questions!

Comments

[lit_chick08]

Maybe it's weird, but I try to/tend to write Elena as angry and damaged. Because you know what Elena should be? Angry and damaged. It is just not rational to think that a person who has been through everything she has been through would be handling it super awesomely and all nonchalant. I also try to write Elena as being sexually assertive because there's this habit I've seen in fic where she's this poor little lamb who needs to be seduced, and, while I'm all for UST, Elena isn't really that passive of a person. I also try to have other characters (particularly non-Salvatore characters) call her out on her "great empathy" which is usually a particular brand of selfishness which suits Elena but not the group as a whole

[youcallitwinter]

A+++++++++ to all your writing choices.

[lit_chick08]

Why, thank you! Of course, I also stan for Elena even at her most stupid, so I want to make her less stupid so the stanning is less difficult.

[upupa_epops]

WHOA. Your Elena is my Elena. As in, there's no single word in your comment that I would disagree with. I HAVE ALL THE ELENA FEELINGS, OK?

(I was supposed to be lurking, studying and keeping my mouth shut, but your comment gave me ALL THE FEELINGS!)

[lit_chick08]

Now if only our Elena could become the real Elena.

[upupa_epops]

Indeed. Why can't we have nice things? :(

[eilowyn]

I would LOVE more of your Elena in the show, even though I'm fairly easy to please and I'll take any Elena they give me.

[lit_chick08]

I'm hopeful that vampire!Elena will be darker.