Meme Answers Part 1 (& Tredegar House)
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smallhobbitFirst of all my answers to stonepicnicking_okapi who asked me these questions:
#4: What's better (or the least bad), character over plot or plot over character?
Plot every time. A good plot will excuse somewhat dodgy characters - if they are totally OOC, then no. If the plot is poor then no matter how good the characters I will be bored.
#21: Would you like to write an alternative ending for any of your favourite shows/books/etc
I write fanfic, of course I would. Which isn't to say I don't think the ending was right in its own way. My Hobbit fics are Everyone Lives/No-one Dies and yet I think Thorin's death is entirely appropriate in the book/film.
#19: Do you think major character deaths are ever appropriate.
This was asked rather tongue in cheek, since I had just killed Watson for most of JWP this year. Even disregarding this, yes, I do. Death is a fact of life. On the whole I do prefer to keep my characters alive - I write Spooks fics, where both my main charactors died in canon. But if I write a war fic I will not guarantee my characters will survive, because wars kill. I have let both Holmes and Watson die at the end of a long life, which has been bittersweet. So yes, used correctly I do think major character deaths are appropriate.
Full list of questions is here.
On Saturday we went to visit Tredegar House. It was an enjoyable last day out of the summer:
stonepicnicking_okapi who asked me these questions:#4: What's better (or the least bad), character over plot or plot over character?
Plot every time. A good plot will excuse somewhat dodgy characters - if they are totally OOC, then no. If the plot is poor then no matter how good the characters I will be bored.
#21: Would you like to write an alternative ending for any of your favourite shows/books/etc
I write fanfic, of course I would. Which isn't to say I don't think the ending was right in its own way. My Hobbit fics are Everyone Lives/No-one Dies and yet I think Thorin's death is entirely appropriate in the book/film.
#19: Do you think major character deaths are ever appropriate.
This was asked rather tongue in cheek, since I had just killed Watson for most of JWP this year. Even disregarding this, yes, I do. Death is a fact of life. On the whole I do prefer to keep my characters alive - I write Spooks fics, where both my main charactors died in canon. But if I write a war fic I will not guarantee my characters will survive, because wars kill. I have let both Holmes and Watson die at the end of a long life, which has been bittersweet. So yes, used correctly I do think major character deaths are appropriate.
Full list of questions is here.
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On Saturday we went to visit Tredegar House. It was an enjoyable last day out of the summer:
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Date: 2019-09-07 04:55 pm (UTC)I'll accept a lot more for a small fandom.
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Date: 2019-09-07 05:54 pm (UTC)Small fandoms on one hand can be wonderful for that close community feeling, on the other the small pool of fic and art means I'm not so picky...
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Date: 2019-09-07 05:56 pm (UTC)