Fic meme day 7

[galadriel1010]

7 – Have you ever had a fic change your opinion of a character?


I'm not very good at noticing when my feelings about someone have changed. I know that I used to like Gwen, but I'm not sure if it was her in canon or writing her in fic that turned me off her. One thing that definitely changed is that I started to see Jack as more vulnerable than I did before, and Ianto as more of a protector.

8 – Do you write OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.

Comments

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

I think in Gwen's case it was the unrelenting meta from the PTB that kept saying she was something other than what was on the screen that finally moved her from the meh to the grr column. I know I write Jack as vulnerable, but that's because I see a lot of defensive mechanisms in his behavior. It's also why I see Ianto as a protector. It's on the screen. What he did for Lisa, and all the little things he does for Jack.

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

All of this. Fanfiction gave me the chance to really care about the characters and compare them to what TPTB were telling me about them