BSG remix reveals and an attempt at analyzing why I write fic

[rose_griffes]

BSG remix reveals have been posted. I wrote The Hour Is Getting Late, a tiny fic with Tory's POV during the season three finale. Tory/Sam, PG-13.

While I think the end result is fine, I sort of wish I could ask for a do-over. It was incredibly frustrating trying to write Battlestar Galactica fanfic when my brain was wanting to focus on new show

Comments

[angstbunny]

I was really surprised by the lack of Zoe enthusiasm in PoI fandom as well.

[rose_griffes]

Yeah. I'm glad there was a better reaction after her second episode.

[brickhousewench]

I've loved Zoe from the beginning. I just didn't discover the POI comms until about four or five episodes after she first showed up.

[rose_griffes]

Sometimes this show's fandom makes me miss fandoms for shows that had more female characters.

[brickhousewench]

I think it all depends on the story and how the characters fit into it

[rose_griffes]

I suspect that there are few writers in Hollywood who have any idea how to write strong female characters.While that's certainly an element, I think there's also the aspect of the audience being trained all of our lives to accept that male characters are the default "for everyone" setting. Fiction media with mostly female characters often gets dismissed as chick flicks, chick lit, etc. (Dismissed in how it's marketed, dismissed by a male audience because they're not supposed to identify with girls, dismissed by some of the women to whom it's marketed, because we're taught that women's stories are less important.) Plus female characters in male-dominated shows often get measured by a more exacting standard than the male characters

[brickhousewench]

Just wanted to come back and let you know that this post woke up my Muse.

Dammit.

Um, I mean Thank You.

[rose_griffes]

Bwah, happy to take the blame credit.

Currently trying to wrangle Stanton fic myself. Urgh.

[brickhousewench]

I'm working on an idea for a story about Jessica. So looks like the Muses are looking out for those neglected female characters, huh? ;-)

[rose_griffes]

*laughs* Y'know, that name was given to me as a joke; I didn't actually intend to try and live up to it.

After that last episode, Jessica needs a voice.