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blythechild

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!?!?

Jan 13, 2014 14:37

HAHAHAHA! You wouldn't believe how often I ask myself that question - walking to work, cleaning the house, clipping my nails... basically all the damned time. Now, you can ask it too.

This writing meme was stolen from the inimitable draycevixen, and I can't figure out if I've done it before or not, soooooo......... here we go!

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draycevixen January 13 2014, 20:02:51 UTC

Oooh, ooh, please miss, I have three questions... but that's greedy so feel free to answer only one of your choosing if you'd prefer.

1) So You Know Where I'll Be So I'm cheating by picking a particular story, but I'd love you to talk about it a bit, the choice of Reese POV, etc.

In terms of question 2, I'd love to hear your thoughts on V/Evey and Sherlock/John.

blythechild January 13 2014, 20:30:18 UTC

1. Ummmm... what was I thinking ( ... )

draycevixen January 13 2014, 21:53:09 UTC

I'd say it was a very successful experiment. ♥ I thought you did a marvellous job of capturing Reese's inner confusion over what he's doing and why he's doing it.

Totally get what you're saying about Evey. I have to admit I don't care for how... simpering(?) she could sometimes be in the fic like without V she was nothing.

I'm sorry the that the title is not coming to me right now and I'm somewhere I can't access AO3 but I think you did a marvellous job of capturing Sherlock in the story that ends with him walking away in to the crowd, y'know, the one where the fan girls were demanding a sequel. *g*

And this so this means that I tend to write them as two parts of one guy is a truly great observation/decision.

blythechild January 14 2014, 15:16:04 UTC

I viewed Evey as a cipher in the V fandom. She didn't have a ton of personality (slightly more in the GN version) so you could foist almost anything onto her *cough* and make it seem reasonable. I think that she was treated like a MarySue by many, many writers and that always pissed me off.

Proposal Conundrum and the Ending of Contention, yes ;) While I still wrote that from John's POV, Sherlock kinda bulled his way to the foreground in that one. And, ooohhhhhh, I satisfied my texting fetish.... XD

Reid/Prentiss, Of Course! dionne_2k January 13 2014, 20:18:42 UTC

So what do you try to keep in mind whenever you write these two?

Re: Reid/Prentiss, Of Course! blythechild January 13 2014, 20:52:56 UTC

2. Reid and Prentiss.

Well, the biggest thing that I keep in mind is that I try to avoid fandom cliches when writing them. Every fandom develops its own unique canon view (for example, the CM fandom has an overdeveloped obsession with Prentiss's RED SHIRT. She wore it in two episodes, but it shows up all over the place in fic and is loaded with all of this fan meaning that is completely independent of the show itself ( ... )

Re: Red Tank Top dionne_2k January 13 2014, 21:18:37 UTC

While I only remember that red tank top being worn twice, Prentiss actually wore several red (or shades of red) shirts after the Henkel incident, all the way through the Doyle thing. But you're right that people seem obsessed with that damn tank top.

Re: Red Tank Top blythechild January 13 2014, 21:32:53 UTC

I'm just really tired of the RED TANK TOP OF MEANING. It it also a tacit sexist token - as if Prentiss can be reduced to display of her breasts. Considering that the lion's share of fanfiction is written by women, it never ceases to amaze me how quickly we all fall into these self-made misogynist traps. I also have a major hate-on for 'fanon' becoming gospel. I thought that people wrote fanfic in order to break the rules, not conform to a whole new (pointy-headed) set of them. >:(

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Father's Day dionne_2k January 14 2014, 17:50:33 UTC

“You know, that look when she smiles but she’s not really smiling? It’s like that picture of the mommy lions in that animal book you gave me. Showing all her fangs and stuff.”

Oh, that look. Yes, he knew that look very well and tried to avoid receiving it whenever possible. In the background he heard someone say ‘I do not look like a lioness!’, and he smirked as his body warmed at the distant voice.

This is my favorite part of Father's Day. Even if I didn't know that it was Emily, anyone's kid calling them a lioness is hilarious to me...

Re: Father's Day blythechild January 14 2014, 17:58:08 UTC

My father lovingly referred to my Mum as "the Dragon". She is fairly ferocious, so I guess I have a soft spot for guys who are simultaneously in awe of and slightly terrified by their partners ;)