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frankenstein's meme #8 + #9
no I didn't skip a day and no I'm not doing two questions in one post, what are you talking about? (in all honesty though, these past couple days have been exhausting and I got annoyed trying to write on my phone. I missed my computer!!!)
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
I once talked about how my biggest squick in tbz fic is juyeon being characterized as a jerk. I can't take mobster!juyeon seriously - unless he's the loser, wet-cat version of one. au where juyeon gets recruited for a gang and his first order of business is buying a leather jacket to look the part. au where he actually is a seasoned, hardened gang member but he's the quiet guy hiding a secret that's gonna make you cry seven chapters in.
in all seriousness though, it became a squick and not just a case of "eh, whatever" because a lot of it leans hard into the cishet m/f dark romance vibes and that's just, well, a squick for me lol just no, thanks.
and I've tried to understand, but I think I'm ready to admit the thing where people repurpose a fic for a different pairing/fandom altogether is another big no for me... I understand taking a half-baked idea and going "hm, this isn't working, maybe I should try it with a different pairing?" - I do that all the time too. but I like characterization too much to read a fic that was originally written with completely different characters and the author just swapped names, so that's another squick. if that's your thing, good for you! not my thing, though. I'll most likely not engage with it.
which is fine! knowing what doesn't float your boat is useful, we should all use "squick" more often imo. it's ok to not like things and have no reason other than You Don't Vibe With It, be it in fandom or not.
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
BEGINNINGS!!! first paragraphs are my MORTAL ENEMIES. on rare occasions I have a scene I want to open the fic with, and that makes it easier, but I can't do that all the time because sometimes I do need some sort of introduction or just like, general explanation for the universe. some scrap of context. a single sentence just so I'm not jumping straight to dialogue. and that's the bane of my existence, I struggle starting fics. 50% of the time that's where I get stuck on an idea.
and as a rule I have a harder time with descriptions than I do with dialogue. but that's something I carry from my experience as a reader - I don't pay much attention to descriptions when I'm reading. fictional characters in books often have No Appearence as I'm reading, unless the author goes like, she ran a hand through her blond hair, and then I'm like ah, yes! she's blond! *pictures a blond person* LOL it's not that I don't like descriptions, they're just not the priority in my head, so as a writer that's something I'm mindful of.
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
I once talked about how my biggest squick in tbz fic is juyeon being characterized as a jerk. I can't take mobster!juyeon seriously - unless he's the loser, wet-cat version of one. au where juyeon gets recruited for a gang and his first order of business is buying a leather jacket to look the part. au where he actually is a seasoned, hardened gang member but he's the quiet guy hiding a secret that's gonna make you cry seven chapters in.
in all seriousness though, it became a squick and not just a case of "eh, whatever" because a lot of it leans hard into the cishet m/f dark romance vibes and that's just, well, a squick for me lol just no, thanks.
and I've tried to understand, but I think I'm ready to admit the thing where people repurpose a fic for a different pairing/fandom altogether is another big no for me... I understand taking a half-baked idea and going "hm, this isn't working, maybe I should try it with a different pairing?" - I do that all the time too. but I like characterization too much to read a fic that was originally written with completely different characters and the author just swapped names, so that's another squick. if that's your thing, good for you! not my thing, though. I'll most likely not engage with it.
which is fine! knowing what doesn't float your boat is useful, we should all use "squick" more often imo. it's ok to not like things and have no reason other than You Don't Vibe With It, be it in fandom or not.
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
BEGINNINGS!!! first paragraphs are my MORTAL ENEMIES. on rare occasions I have a scene I want to open the fic with, and that makes it easier, but I can't do that all the time because sometimes I do need some sort of introduction or just like, general explanation for the universe. some scrap of context. a single sentence just so I'm not jumping straight to dialogue. and that's the bane of my existence, I struggle starting fics. 50% of the time that's where I get stuck on an idea.
and as a rule I have a harder time with descriptions than I do with dialogue. but that's something I carry from my experience as a reader - I don't pay much attention to descriptions when I'm reading. fictional characters in books often have No Appearence as I'm reading, unless the author goes like, she ran a hand through her blond hair, and then I'm like ah, yes! she's blond! *pictures a blond person* LOL it's not that I don't like descriptions, they're just not the priority in my head, so as a writer that's something I'm mindful of.
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If your story is so generic that you can just find-replace the names and it works no better or worse - I don't personally see the point of that and I'm not interested. / thank you!!! this whole thing honestly makes me think a lot about what each person wants out of a story, and how we all engage with fiction and narratives in general lol wdym you don't care at ALL about who the characters are, or how they shape the narrative?!
with kpop rpf it feels twice as wild to me because more often than not the author is a fan of the people they're writing about, so how do they just swap their personalities and not think it's at least a bit too ooc... T_T