Charlie Young was the first one that popped into my head, probably because I identify with him, at least professionally.
Aw, that's sweet! I love that answer. I should think of an answer to that question -- be back tomorrow with that.
usually it's just a line or observation or two that works well with what I'v written
Yeah, I was thinking about observations or character motivations. Like...if you know a character, you have to imagine what he'd want/do/say in a situation. It seems like that would be influenced by what you know to be true IRL, as well as what what you've seen the character want/do/say in the original work. Am I making sense?
You mean how the same show/movie/whatever can have different "cults" (ships, for example), that tend to have different demographics?
No, but that's even more interesting! I hadn't even thought of it that way.
I was just thinking about the assumptions we make as we approach a fandom. Like...remember how back on TWoP, the different show forums had sort of different "cultures?" And I find, here on LJ, that the different comms and discussions I get into have different norms and stuff...so I infer demographics. I think of this one as more young and that one as more female and this other one as more queer etc. And even other characteristics -- I assume fans of certain shows are more well-educated than others.
But then as I talk to people, often they defy my expectations. In some cases, I've been surprised to find out that a large portion of the people I'm talking to are in Asia.
I don't even have a point, sad to say. I think it's related to my fascination with the internet as a social medium. Because we can't see each other as we interact, we literally grab onto anything we can get (fandom, tone, icons) to create a construct of the person.
Holy shit, one drink and I'm so talky. Off to bed and will come back here tomorrow.
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Date: 2011-01-25 05:19 am (UTC)Aw, that's sweet! I love that answer. I should think of an answer to that question -- be back tomorrow with that.
usually it's just a line or observation or two that works well with what I'v written
Yeah, I was thinking about observations or character motivations. Like...if you know a character, you have to imagine what he'd want/do/say in a situation. It seems like that would be influenced by what you know to be true IRL, as well as what what you've seen the character want/do/say in the original work. Am I making sense?
You mean how the same show/movie/whatever can have different "cults" (ships, for example), that tend to have different demographics?
No, but that's even more interesting! I hadn't even thought of it that way.
I was just thinking about the assumptions we make as we approach a fandom. Like...remember how back on TWoP, the different show forums had sort of different "cultures?" And I find, here on LJ, that the different comms and discussions I get into have different norms and stuff...so I infer demographics. I think of this one as more young and that one as more female and this other one as more queer etc. And even other characteristics -- I assume fans of certain shows are more well-educated than others.
But then as I talk to people, often they defy my expectations. In some cases, I've been surprised to find out that a large portion of the people I'm talking to are in Asia.
I don't even have a point, sad to say. I think it's related to my fascination with the internet as a social medium. Because we can't see each other as we interact, we literally grab onto anything we can get (fandom, tone, icons) to create a construct of the person.
Holy shit, one drink and I'm so talky. Off to bed and will come back here tomorrow.