Thoughts on Writing (might be uncomfortable, so)

[jazzypom]

A couple weeks from now (November 22, 2010, to be precise), I'll be celebrating my second year in Marvel fandom. Up to February 2010, I'd have said, cap_ironman fandom, but something happened.

Comments

[ryuutchi]

You are an amazing person. I'm glad I'm one of the people who helped you start writing this pairing because alsdfhdsaklkdjfhjsk I'm always looking forward to reading more of your fic. And the fact that the genderswap stuff makes youthinky is a beautiful change from the rest of fandom. ♥

LOL, it's all your fault

[jazzypom]

valtyr pretty much directed me to comment_fic but its your prompts that made me stick. It didn't hurt that I could scribble stuff on the way to work on my smart phone and post it as soon as I hit wifi space.

And the fact that the genderswap stuff makes youthinky is a beautiful change from the rest of fandom. ♥

LOL, I'll keep that in mind when my eyes cross from trying to unravel all thought processes into something coherent.

[philophrosyne]

I think I may have a crush on your mind. Your work "we will come to be" is amazing because it still feels like them, even though males and females experience things differently - and you captured that difference - it's still Eli and Kate. I enjoyed reading this post, it gives a lot of insight to the charters that I think are the hardest to understand, so thank you for posting it. (I've never thought about the IR thing before, I'm not really sure how I missed it, I thought the problem would be the money issue and Kate's Dad, so thank you very much for pointing it out and expanding on it.)
P.S. I'm really, REALLY glad you got into this fandom.

Oh, hey!

[jazzypom]

(I've never thought about the IR thing before, I'm not really sure how I missed it, I thought the problem would be the money issue and Kate's Dad, so thank you very much for pointing it out and expanding on it.)Hey, no worries. I do know that it's something that a few people don't really get into, but that's a matter of privilege, I guess. But with Eli, his grandad was treated like how he was treated due to his colour as well as class (since those two issues can conflate as well as been taken separately), and it's pretty much his background. That's why when he first meets Captain America (Steve Rogers) he's downright rude ("I'm not your son, you must be glad for that, huh?"), because Steve Rogers (white guy) has benefited from the pains that Isaiah went through. I mean Steve wouldn't know, because it's black ops and government and the rest of it, but it didn't really concern him - not until he met the YA

Re: Oh, hey!

[philophrosyne]

Kate/Eli seem to have succeeded in the friendship/argument relationship that oh-so-many fantasy novels try and fail at making realistic. I think they could work (optimistic person)once they find some stable ground in their lives as "Eli" and "Kate" in the world. I think Marvel will make them the will-they-won't-they couple and draa~aag it out. Once they get together they'll probably become the on-again-off-again couple, but basically cannon. I do like how complicated they are, it makes them more real, but also more problematic to write. It would be so easy to misstep and get it wrong. As a person who does everything within reason to avoid confrontation, I don't think I could write characters to the necessary depth to have them be in-character when they are both shown committing actions of strong willed aggression, and then having it work or deal with the fallout in a believable way

Hee, quite.

[jazzypom]

It's strange though, when I'm writing teenagers, I'm all, "Lord, was I ever SO YOUNG?! How did I SURVIVE?"

I can see why teenage/YA fiction (TV and other media) is a big thing, because the emotion is there first, and everything else a distant second.

Heh, gender bending. It's something, all right. :D