In other words, me writing fanfic is really Joss Whedon's fault, since he trained me to believe in TV prophecies. *g* Shoot, he trained a whole generation. Between Buffy, Angel and Xena, I was well-primed for prophecies by the time BSG came along. The prophecies always come true or else why have them there? They just come true in ways you can never predict. Knowing they come true always fills me with dread, yet I'm glad the writers make good on them. Odd, huh?
(Who do I feel more sorry for, the princess or the monster? This is such a good question. You know Kara is my favorite but it's hard for me to put her in the role of 'princess'. In Beauty in the Beast I always felt more for the Beast, Beauty seemed a bit clueless to his pain. (Not the Disney bookworm Beauty, I liked her.) I like the dark ones. Like in Buffy, sometimes Buffy was the kickass princess and Angel was the monster. Or Faith. Or Spike. Yeah, the monsters sometimes get my sympathy. But only if they are aware that they are monsters, that they are wrong somehow. I'm not sure if Leoben has that awareness or even struggles with his wrongness. We just don't know.
2) Beta readers are awesome. They make so much difference. I still can't believe they do this for free. :-)
4) It's a great story even though you're embarassed! Hee. But I know what you mean. Recently one of my stories got good feedback though I still struggle with it. Oh well. Once out of the nest, it's everyone's to enjoy. Even if I don't.
5) Writing depressing stuff puts me in a depressing mood. And writing fluff cheers me up. Takes a few false starts though. Impossible to write cheeriness if you're truly down. Least for me. Most of my writing isn't depressing. There is usually a positive note in there somewhere.
6) I feel like I have good ideas, but like you I worry that I won't make good on them. That they won't turn out as I hope.
7) I love my ideas too! It's hard to prompt people sometimes because the best ideas, I want to write myself! (*I probably think this song is about me.*) I reread my stories all the time. First and foremost, way before I had a LJ, they were and are for me.
8) BSG fanfic is like an embarassment of riches. Knee-deep in talent, it's awesome. (Yes, if you are reading this and have written a BSG story I'm probably talking about you. :-)) I don't know if other fandoms are the same, but I've heard people involved in other fandoms say this about BSG too. Since it's my first fandom, they've set the bar high for me, even just as a reader.
I still have to do my analysis on your writing. I have never pinpointed exactly what makes reading your stories such a wonderful experience. It's such a mixture of things things that come together well. For me I think it's emotions. You are so good at creating worlds I've never seen and emotions I want the characters to feel. I want Leoben to be kind and instructive at Pataka's beach. Or nice and genuine with Jean. Racetrack to have a bit of comfort with Gaeta. Sigh. These things will never happen, will they? But it's so nice to read your writing about them. Okay, more on your fic later, it's fun to reread!
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In other words, me writing fanfic is really Joss Whedon's fault, since he trained me to believe in TV prophecies. *g*
Shoot, he trained a whole generation. Between Buffy, Angel and Xena, I was well-primed for prophecies by the time BSG came along. The prophecies always come true or else why have them there? They just come true in ways you can never predict. Knowing they come true always fills me with dread, yet I'm glad the writers make good on them. Odd, huh?
(Who do I feel more sorry for, the princess or the monster?
This is such a good question. You know Kara is my favorite but it's hard for me to put her in the role of 'princess'. In Beauty in the Beast I always felt more for the Beast, Beauty seemed a bit clueless to his pain. (Not the Disney bookworm Beauty, I liked her.) I like the dark ones. Like in Buffy, sometimes Buffy was the kickass princess and Angel was the monster. Or Faith. Or Spike. Yeah, the monsters sometimes get my sympathy. But only if they are aware that they are monsters, that they are wrong somehow. I'm not sure if Leoben has that awareness or even struggles with his wrongness. We just don't know.
2) Beta readers are awesome. They make so much difference. I still can't believe they do this for free. :-)
4) It's a great story even though you're embarassed! Hee. But I know what you mean. Recently one of my stories got good feedback though I still struggle with it. Oh well. Once out of the nest, it's everyone's to enjoy. Even if I don't.
5) Writing depressing stuff puts me in a depressing mood. And writing fluff cheers me up. Takes a few false starts though. Impossible to write cheeriness if you're truly down. Least for me. Most of my writing isn't depressing. There is usually a positive note in there somewhere.
6) I feel like I have good ideas, but like you I worry that I won't make good on them. That they won't turn out as I hope.
7) I love my ideas too! It's hard to prompt people sometimes because the best ideas, I want to write myself! (*I probably think this song is about me.*) I reread my stories all the time. First and foremost, way before I had a LJ, they were and are for me.
8) BSG fanfic is like an embarassment of riches. Knee-deep in talent, it's awesome. (Yes, if you are reading this and have written a BSG story I'm probably talking about you. :-)) I don't know if other fandoms are the same, but I've heard people involved in other fandoms say this about BSG too. Since it's my first fandom, they've set the bar high for me, even just as a reader.
I still have to do my analysis on your writing. I have never pinpointed exactly what makes reading your stories such a wonderful experience. It's such a mixture of things things that come together well. For me I think it's emotions. You are so good at creating worlds I've never seen and emotions I want the characters to feel. I want Leoben to be kind and instructive at Pataka's beach. Or nice and genuine with Jean. Racetrack to have a bit of comfort with Gaeta. Sigh. These things will never happen, will they? But it's so nice to read your writing about them. Okay, more on your fic later, it's fun to reread!
Oh, this got long! Oops.