Fandom Meme

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Nicked off fandom_me

1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fic. Or geeked out about.
2. I will comment telling you the following:
a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character*.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

(By the way, I'll be a bit absent this evening, as we have friends coming over for dinner, but I should be back for an hour or two before bedtime.)

ETA Sorry, but obviously I don't have time to reply to these right away (friends are due in 45 minutes) but I'll try and think up answers while I shower and post them later on. :-)

Comments

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OMG - Spike????

You do realise I've only written 100 words of Spike, don't you? So a lot of this is going to more about Spike on-screen and in other people's fic rather than mine.

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her. Like Jack, Spike is a very complex character, which makes him interesting. There are times when I love him and times when he really annoys me, but he's usually fun.

b. One of his/her best traits. His irreverent cockiness. As I said, he's fun. And (by nature) evil. (Hmm, I'm seeing a trend here.)

c. One of his/her worst traits. The puppy-dog following of Buffy in S6. I know it's a big part of Spike, the blind following of someone stronger, but I prefer him strong, sexy and evil.

d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character. Surprisingly easy so far. Perhaps because he's English - however bad JM's accent and the stereotypical word-usage was at times, it's still a speech pattern I'm very familiar with. In-depth Spike, I might find more difficult because, like Jack, he's so complex.

e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character. Well, out of 100 words, there's not really much to choose from, but this felt pretty in character.

“Vampire, mate. And you?”

f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future. Actually, there is a little ficlet with Spike and Giles I wrote a while ago and had forgotten about. Might see if that's worth posting. No other firm plans at the moment, but I dare say he'll crop up again at some point :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lol, I'm a troublemaker, aren't I?

I hadn't realized you'd only written about Spike once, I just just loved your little drabble between him and Jack, I guess I assumed you'd written Buffy or Angel fanfic with him that I hadn't read.

I have to agree completely with a,b and c. So cocky, so dark, yet there is this way he fights against his inner evil that is irrestible.

I hadn't realized James's accent was that bad. :(

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Well... I suppose I have got a few bits and bobs on my hard drive which have Spike in - but Lethally Blond is the only thing anyone else has ever seen (Drained is pretty much just Jack).

It's weird: Spike is definitely not one of my favourite Buffy characters to watch, but he's fascinating to write, so I suspect there'll be more. And if I ever get round to watching any more Buffy/Angel, I expect some Angel stuff might crop up too. I want to write more Buffy/Angel fanfic. It's just I'm so absorbed by Doctor Who/Torchwood at the moment.

His accent isn't terrible, but it does vary wildly and it's very much 'American Cockney'. And there are certain words that he just says wrong!

Put it this way: I didn't know Alexis Denisof wasn't English for years. I knew James Marsters wasn't English right from the start.

And don't even get me started on Juliet Landau *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lol, Juliet and David's accents were winceworthy.

My facination with Spike is how is character's background is so rich. He was a poet for heaven's sake, back when he was human

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Both Spike and Angel have fascinating backgrounds. They've changed so much - Spike admittedly more so - seen so much, done so much...

I definitely have a thing for long-lived characters, because having experienced so much makes them so much more interesting!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I like Spike more than Angel. I guess because Spike made the decision to change and get a soul while Angel had the change thrust upon him.

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I like Angel more than Spike :-)

I confess, however, that a lot of that is because the 'Spike iz fit' and 'Spuffy' fans put me off Spike in the same way as the 'Janto' (eurgh, what a horrible word!) have put me off Ianto.

Also, Angel came first. And he's tall, dark and handsome, which is my traditional crush-material :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Ahh, makes sense. I haven't read any Buffy fanfic so I've missed all that. Oops, didn't realize you didn't like Janto, *blushes* maybe you won't want to read my pwp then

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With Buffy, actually it was more discussion on message boards than fanfic, though that was part of it.

Re. Jack/Ianto - I'll read (and enjoy) anything if it's well-written *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Can't quite guarantee that, but I tried anyway. I'll shoot it to you in an email within the hour.

[unfeathered]

I'll look forward to it :-)