i don't hardly know her, but i think i can love her

[musesfool]

Comments

[leviathan0999]

I also started the Pacific Rim novelization, but now I am wondering if I should just write the story in my head without looking for Raleigh backstory in canon.

I find viewing a novelization as canon problematical, myself.

[musesfool]

I tend to think of them as gray canon - I can use what I like and leave what I don't, but I also don't want to have what is in my head completely contradicted to the point that I won't be able to write the story once I've read it, you know?

[leviathan0999]

That makes absolutely perfect sense to me.

[musesfool]

Whew. Sometimes I wonder if I make any sense at all! *g*

[thornsilver]

I am kind of annoyed at how badly "Pacific Rim" novelization is written, together with not really liking some of the background stuff it provides vs. stuff that I saw in fabric.

[musesfool]

Is it really that bad? I admit, I read the prologue and then got distracted by another book, and also my desire to write before being contaminated by more quasi-canon.

[vonniek]

Just how bad is the writing in the Pacific Rim novelization? I've heard it's pretty dire, way worse than the admittedly cheesy dialogue in the movie. I see that there is a Pacific Rim Wiki and it looks quite comprehensive. I think the wiki collated all the backstory details from comics and novelization in addition to the movie -- it would be useful tool if you're writing in the fandom and don't want to bother with the external sources.

[musesfool]

I've only read the prologue because I got distracted by "Cold Steel" so I don't know. Thanks for the link to the wiki, though. That should prove useful.