tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post1043019764065910720..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Fusion (Part 3)chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-8539167927947993612016-08-15T07:59:19.545-04:002016-08-15T07:59:19.545-04:00Thanks.Thanks.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-22745445903863238852016-08-15T07:57:47.307-04:002016-08-15T07:57:47.307-04:00Good writing as always, Chris. I'll try to rem...Good writing as always, Chris. I'll try to remember to comment more often.Graccushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910438745269866027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-29506493428385800142016-08-13T15:50:51.584-04:002016-08-13T15:50:51.584-04:00This is interesting...
What I love most about fan...This is interesting...<br /><br />What I love most about fanworks is using the familiar shared world to explore different stories...Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-37404140590279233512016-08-12T19:59:15.046-04:002016-08-12T19:59:15.046-04:00I like the innuendo. I like the innuendo. DawnMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-23129524627449107132016-08-12T13:22:26.179-04:002016-08-12T13:22:26.179-04:00Sharon is circling very close round the stereotype...Sharon is circling very close round the stereotype zone of "something a bit odd but totally comfortable with it". Still, I suspect the alternative is a screaming fit. It's a good double-act.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-16503796312376266732016-08-11T18:37:37.010-04:002016-08-11T18:37:37.010-04:00Thanks.
Kim's probably got a few things going...Thanks.<br /><br />Kim's probably got a few things going on.<br /><br />One is that the canonical character does not live up to the idea of the character. Another is that while the creators might have fallen short when it came to the good points, the flaws are all dialed up to 11 and that's done convincingly enough that it tends to count against her.<br /><br />The last thing, which might be the main thing really, is a question of what I'm good at.<br /><br />While (I think and hope) I do really well with other people's <i>stories</i>, I have a harder time with other people's <i>characters</i>. It's not a problem for Rayford Steele or Bella Swan because I have to basically tear them apart and then build them up from scratch anyway. But Kim isn't so bad that she needs to become an original character who happens to have the same name, and she is well established (she has four seasons, including two movies, worth of character establishment.)<br /><br />I'm not as good at working with that.<br /><br />I think I can do a pretty good job of working <i>from</i> that, though.<br /><br />Place, in <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2015/01/being-more-than-simulacrum-index.html" rel="nofollow">Being more than a Simulacrum</a>, is a joy for me to write, and I think she's a believable tangent from canon Kim, but the reason she's a joy is <i>because</i> she diverges sharply (because of the revelation she's a clone and the fact she doesn't have a Ron providing the childlike fun and wonder for her.)<br /><br /><a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2015/09/bent-not-broken-index.html" rel="nofollow">Bent, not Broken</a> Kim is a result of having a decade to change, which means that there's a lot more of me shaping the character instead of me trying to write an established character.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-16172001868686560922016-08-11T15:44:17.363-04:002016-08-11T15:44:17.363-04:00I'm really liking the character of Sharon. I&#...I'm really liking the character of Sharon. I've noticed that I tend not to like Kim nearly so much as the other characters in your stuff (With the exception of Bent, Not Broken). Is that something you're doing on purpose, or just, like, me not really connecting so much with the canonical version of the character?Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211229982182936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-55346795668457326112016-08-10T17:46:15.308-04:002016-08-10T17:46:15.308-04:00Commenting to say I've read it, just so you kn...Commenting to say I've read it, just so you know I did, so you do not just write into the void.<br /><br />---RedcrowUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678419784421325457noreply@blogger.com