I really believe that the characters need to control the plot, not the other way around.
*blinks* This is why I had a problem with Mary Jane in both Spidermans! (She has Mary Sue, plot device written all over her *sigh*) *cough* Sorry, I'm slow to figure some things out. This is also, I think, why I can't stand action flicks in general.
I like canon. I like turning back to canon as an anchor. Canon is why I started with this whole thing in the first place.
I tend to agree. I also tend to get frustrated by a lack of things that I actually want to read. I prefer that fics have a heavy hand of canon in them, but I also have a huge soft spot for AUs and post-Voldemort fics because they're something new and different and it's an extrapolation of what someone thinks of a character and their situation. As long as I know it's going to be AU or that it's going to be a post-Voldemort fic, I can generally forgive deviations in canon. I'll also give the characterizations a lot of leeway as long as they don't do something that monumentally pisses me off. Like characterize Sirius or Ron as total morons or make Snape and every Slytherin in the universe the best thing since sliced bread. But then again, I think that might be more because I tend to be a really sloppy writer myself. *looks a bit shamefaced*
I don't like slash for the sake of slash, or het for the sake of het.
*totally agrees* Sometimes I'll let it slide if I'm particularly enamored by a characterization apart from the romance, but yeah, those fics do fall flat because then you really have no reason to care if the characters get together or stay together or fuck like rabbits. Like a KS/RL that I read. I loved the exploration of Remus' character, but really didn't understand Kingsley's infatuation with him or why they were even moving towards that whole 'being together' thing. In fact, I think it would have worked better for me as a gen fic. *shrugs*
*lop-sided grin* Not that you asked for my opinion on any of this, just sparked a couple of loose thoughts in my head. ^-^;;
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*blinks* This is why I had a problem with Mary Jane in both Spidermans! (She has Mary Sue, plot device written all over her *sigh*) *cough* Sorry, I'm slow to figure some things out. This is also, I think, why I can't stand action flicks in general.
I like canon. I like turning back to canon as an anchor. Canon is why I started with this whole thing in the first place.
I tend to agree. I also tend to get frustrated by a lack of things that I actually want to read. I prefer that fics have a heavy hand of canon in them, but I also have a huge soft spot for AUs and post-Voldemort fics because they're something new and different and it's an extrapolation of what someone thinks of a character and their situation. As long as I know it's going to be AU or that it's going to be a post-Voldemort fic, I can generally forgive deviations in canon. I'll also give the characterizations a lot of leeway as long as they don't do something that monumentally pisses me off. Like characterize Sirius or Ron as total morons or make Snape and every Slytherin in the universe the best thing since sliced bread. But then again, I think that might be more because I tend to be a really sloppy writer myself. *looks a bit shamefaced*
I don't like slash for the sake of slash, or het for the sake of het.
*totally agrees* Sometimes I'll let it slide if I'm particularly enamored by a characterization apart from the romance, but yeah, those fics do fall flat because then you really have no reason to care if the characters get together or stay together or fuck like rabbits. Like a KS/RL that I read. I loved the exploration of Remus' character, but really didn't understand Kingsley's infatuation with him or why they were even moving towards that whole 'being together' thing. In fact, I think it would have worked better for me as a gen fic. *shrugs*
*lop-sided grin* Not that you asked for my opinion on any of this, just sparked a couple of loose thoughts in my head. ^-^;;