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.
Yes. That's definitely true. That's what I mean by "a line or observation". I'll take what I know to be true and apply it to fic. If I understand how someone behaves IRL and that's similar to who the character is, I'll use that as motivation. Or, if I'm writing fic that has a boy in his late teens/early twenties (like A:tLA or LWD... or the future fics with Josh & Donna's kids), I'm constantly asking myself if that's how one or both of my brothers would behave.
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.
Oh, that's true. But it's partly because certain shows/movies/books/music/etc are deigned to attract a certain audience. And it's partly that "like attracts like" and online just makes it easier. Okay, A:tLA is a good example because it's so huge. Different communities have different vibes to them (and they con sometimes be dedicated to the same sub-interest like a character or ship!). And that's mainly because of the people in charge/participate. If you don't like the vibe of one community, you go find a different one. Or you learn to play by the rules. Another example, every so often you'll see somebody new to the West Wing fandom, try to post a Josh/Donna fic with a mash-up ship name like "Jonna". They soon realize that as a culture, the ship not only is resistant to that label, we tend to dismiss anyone who does, because they're either (a) too young/immature/influenced by other fandoms or (b)not paying attention to the fandom and therefore will likely not be paying to close attention to canon either. The ones for whom (a) or (b) does not apply, generally start using J/D like everyone else.
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.
Yes, that fascinates me too. Especially since I've meet so many in our little band of merry shippers. It's so interesting to see how our online persona matches up with who we are offline. And I love our icons sort of collectively gives a picture of who we are. Sort of like this whole "portrait without people" technique that a colleague was telling me about.
Holy shit, one drink and I'm so talky. Off to bed and will come back here tomorrow.
Hee! I love it! We should feed you alcohol more often!!
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Yes. That's definitely true. That's what I mean by "a line or observation". I'll take what I know to be true and apply it to fic. If I understand how someone behaves IRL and that's similar to who the character is, I'll use that as motivation. Or, if I'm writing fic that has a boy in his late teens/early twenties (like A:tLA or LWD... or the future fics with Josh & Donna's kids), I'm constantly asking myself if that's how one or both of my brothers would behave.
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.
Oh, that's true. But it's partly because certain shows/movies/books/music/etc are deigned to attract a certain audience. And it's partly that "like attracts like" and online just makes it easier. Okay, A:tLA is a good example because it's so huge. Different communities have different vibes to them (and they con sometimes be dedicated to the same sub-interest like a character or ship!). And that's mainly because of the people in charge/participate. If you don't like the vibe of one community, you go find a different one. Or you learn to play by the rules. Another example, every so often you'll see somebody new to the West Wing fandom, try to post a Josh/Donna fic with a mash-up ship name like "Jonna". They soon realize that as a culture, the ship not only is resistant to that label, we tend to dismiss anyone who does, because they're either (a) too young/immature/influenced by other fandoms or (b)not paying attention to the fandom and therefore will likely not be paying to close attention to canon either. The ones for whom (a) or (b) does not apply, generally start using J/D like everyone else.
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.
Yes, that fascinates me too. Especially since I've meet so many in our little band of merry shippers. It's so interesting to see how our online persona matches up with who we are offline. And I love our icons sort of collectively gives a picture of who we are. Sort of like this whole "portrait without people" technique that a colleague was telling me about.
Holy shit, one drink and I'm so talky. Off to bed and will come back here tomorrow.
Hee! I love it! We should feed you alcohol more often!!