~~ mrar. not again.
Dec. 18th, 2003 01:12 pmOh man, I'm a champion at wasting time. I don't know -why- the bloody hell I'm so obsessed with making lists. I should just avoid all lists everywhere, just so they don't give me ideas. I -did- have a semi-fresh mind before writing this entry, but now it's completely and utterly -gone-. Ahem.
So. I had randomly stumbled across a list of
poetic_licence's favorite Harry's and Draco's in HP fic, and it had explanations as to why, etc. You can see where this is going, can't you. Yes. The horror. The horror, indeed. Because I don't have "just a few". Oh, just 2 or 3. Nooooo, of course not. *cries!!*
See... I keep thinking about what is it exactly that stays constant for me, in terms of what I'm always looking for in every incarnation of a character. Problem is, of course, I already know the answer to that. And I've thought about it a zillion times before. So there was really -no- bloody reason to do it again. Except I looked at Amy's list and was like... "um... no".
Mind you, I love Ishuca's writing and -adore- Amalin's writing and hey, I enjoyed `Resolution' too, but it's funny, because even as much as I obviously have a high tolerance for fanon, I've never actually liked their writing because of the -characterization-. There's a clear demarkation in my mind between liking something for style & plot & theme and liking it for the characterization. Usually, I can't really say I love a characterization if I think it's unrealistic, whereas I'm not big on realism in general, actually. No matter what happens to them, I like the gritty side of things when it comes to characterizing people. I like 'em dirty and sweaty and pathetic and lost. And painfully human.
So. That's where I'm coming from, really. That's the problem with fanon!Draco for me-- I can't dig a Draco that has no chinks & ugliness to him-- or a Harry, for that matter. I've always latched onto the vulnerabilities in characters-- and people in general, I guess. Give me their anger, their need, their frustration, their hope, their insecurity. Give me their bitter hearts.
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( So here goes that my favorite Harry's list, I guess. )
( ...And Draco. )
~~
( Here goes Ron, Pansy, Cho & Remus, but I was too lazy to actually explain why I picked these fics for them. But maybe they're self-explanatory? Meep? )
So. I had randomly stumbled across a list of
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See... I keep thinking about what is it exactly that stays constant for me, in terms of what I'm always looking for in every incarnation of a character. Problem is, of course, I already know the answer to that. And I've thought about it a zillion times before. So there was really -no- bloody reason to do it again. Except I looked at Amy's list and was like... "um... no".
Mind you, I love Ishuca's writing and -adore- Amalin's writing and hey, I enjoyed `Resolution' too, but it's funny, because even as much as I obviously have a high tolerance for fanon, I've never actually liked their writing because of the -characterization-. There's a clear demarkation in my mind between liking something for style & plot & theme and liking it for the characterization. Usually, I can't really say I love a characterization if I think it's unrealistic, whereas I'm not big on realism in general, actually. No matter what happens to them, I like the gritty side of things when it comes to characterizing people. I like 'em dirty and sweaty and pathetic and lost. And painfully human.
So. That's where I'm coming from, really. That's the problem with fanon!Draco for me-- I can't dig a Draco that has no chinks & ugliness to him-- or a Harry, for that matter. I've always latched onto the vulnerabilities in characters-- and people in general, I guess. Give me their anger, their need, their frustration, their hope, their insecurity. Give me their bitter hearts.
~~
( So here goes that my favorite Harry's list, I guess. )
( ...And Draco. )
~~
( Here goes Ron, Pansy, Cho & Remus, but I was too lazy to actually explain why I picked these fics for them. But maybe they're self-explanatory? Meep? )