I don't entirely get the separate spheres thing, I think? I mean, I get that you're talking about objective readings of subjecive experiences by the characters but the main reason I haven't addressed that in some form is that I'm not sure what you MEAN. This is perhaps because I don't really think emotions are especially subjective - I mean going back to QAF for a second, there's a whole debate over whether Brian is happy at the end of the series or not, and CowLip says he is, and other fans insist that he isn't because he doesn't look happy to them and... while happiness is subject to some degree, happy vs. unhappy isn't especially subjective, so I can't really say I'd consider both valid - either he's happy or not. I mean people can disagree on the degree of happiness - is he morbidly depressed, is he numb, is he ecstatic, is he content? but I don't think you can say he's happy and I can say he's depressed and have them both be valid.
So like, the love thing, whoever it applies to - I'd say that one can have arguments about degrees of love but not necessarily the presence or absence thereof.
When you're talking about writing personality disorders, though, it gets kind of difficult just because they're difficult to write when you aren't one. Usually a bit more emotion creeps in than they would realistically have, just because the author has emotions and can't entirely relate to not having them. I've heard the Dexter novels have that problem.
The funny thing about all this is that I don't especially have a problem with other people having subjective readings of MY writing. I mean, I'm all about seeking accuracy for myself, but when I write fanfic, I'm just trying to replicate patterns accurately so ideally people who think X loves Y in Z way will still think so, whereas people who think X loves B in Z way instead will think that, too. Impossible ideal, but an ideal nonetheless.
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Date: 2006-12-02 06:59 am (UTC)So like, the love thing, whoever it applies to - I'd say that one can have arguments about degrees of love but not necessarily the presence or absence thereof.
When you're talking about writing personality disorders, though, it gets kind of difficult just because they're difficult to write when you aren't one. Usually a bit more emotion creeps in than they would realistically have, just because the author has emotions and can't entirely relate to not having them. I've heard the Dexter novels have that problem.
The funny thing about all this is that I don't especially have a problem with other people having subjective readings of MY writing. I mean, I'm all about seeking accuracy for myself, but when I write fanfic, I'm just trying to replicate patterns accurately so ideally people who think X loves Y in Z way will still think so, whereas people who think X loves B in Z way instead will think that, too. Impossible ideal, but an ideal nonetheless.