I think I'm entering another 'bah-- HP??!' phase, where I find certain things written about in fandom either boring, annoying or just wrong. Those 'things' would be er... Draco. This is a problem to an H/D shipper, no?
So I think I'm... taking another fandom break right about now.
( Ennui, indeed. )
I saw Rent on Broadway with my mom yesterday, ahahah. The lesbian couple was rather hot, and seeing as how I have a one-track mind, I immediately decided the sniping & the omg-love-me-I'm-a-sex-goddess Maureen chick was So Like Draco Omg. Because yes, I am that easy, and I see Draco pretty much everywhere. Yes, I dislike him, really, LEAVE ME ALONE WITH MY ISSUES OKAY!!1 Anyway, just because he lives in my head doesn't make him welcome, and some people make me actually want to see him suffer. Onwards, then.
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In the Rent playbill, there's a quote from Harvey Fierstein on playing Tevye the Dairyman from Fiddler on the Roof. He says, "this is a really scary part. It's a great part, and I have a lot of respect for it-- which I'll have to get rid of right away, because you can't play somebody you respect. You have to play somebody you can identify with."
i thought that was fascinating, and so true for writers, too. I think this question of which characters one writes best has been on my mind for a while, and there's been contradicting reports-- some people can only write characters they like or click with or are attracted to, especially from that character's point of view-- and it's much rarer to find someone who writes to explore the perspective of those they don't quite understand or possibly don't even like. I've always found writing from within the shoes of the character which presses your ugly buttons to be fascinating... it tells you so much about yourself as a writer, I think. Teaches you to be honest, to be objective perhaps. At least one could say it helps write the other characters' interactions with that one better.
Basically, I think respecting a character distances you from them. And a writer and an actor both have to be able to have zero distance, even if they do have it when they need it, too. And while there's such a thing as self-respect, this only applies to real people. Characters... I think my feeling with them comes closer to pride if they do well.
( R-e-s-p-e-c-t, indeed. )
So I think I'm... taking another fandom break right about now.
( Ennui, indeed. )
I saw Rent on Broadway with my mom yesterday, ahahah. The lesbian couple was rather hot, and seeing as how I have a one-track mind, I immediately decided the sniping & the omg-love-me-I'm-a-sex-goddess Maureen chick was So Like Draco Omg. Because yes, I am that easy, and I see Draco pretty much everywhere. Yes, I dislike him, really, LEAVE ME ALONE WITH MY ISSUES OKAY!!1 Anyway, just because he lives in my head doesn't make him welcome, and some people make me actually want to see him suffer. Onwards, then.
~~
In the Rent playbill, there's a quote from Harvey Fierstein on playing Tevye the Dairyman from Fiddler on the Roof. He says, "this is a really scary part. It's a great part, and I have a lot of respect for it-- which I'll have to get rid of right away, because you can't play somebody you respect. You have to play somebody you can identify with."
i thought that was fascinating, and so true for writers, too. I think this question of which characters one writes best has been on my mind for a while, and there's been contradicting reports-- some people can only write characters they like or click with or are attracted to, especially from that character's point of view-- and it's much rarer to find someone who writes to explore the perspective of those they don't quite understand or possibly don't even like. I've always found writing from within the shoes of the character which presses your ugly buttons to be fascinating... it tells you so much about yourself as a writer, I think. Teaches you to be honest, to be objective perhaps. At least one could say it helps write the other characters' interactions with that one better.
Basically, I think respecting a character distances you from them. And a writer and an actor both have to be able to have zero distance, even if they do have it when they need it, too. And while there's such a thing as self-respect, this only applies to real people. Characters... I think my feeling with them comes closer to pride if they do well.
( R-e-s-p-e-c-t, indeed. )
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