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Jan. 4th, 2012 02:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pacificpikachuThis fanfic author has a way with words, fascinating interaction and excellent observation skills.
Yet I feel a bit guilty because the more I read, the more I simply cannot seem to accept her characterization of these characters. I'll get into it for a little bit, a few paragraphs, and then something will throw me out of it. Some stories are more jarring than others. You know how, in the right fanfiction, you can "hear" the dialogue in the characters' voices, and see the characters doing everything? Yeah, there's a definite disconnect there. I just can't seem to make this work.
More than that, I find her characterizations somewhat unsettling, as weird as that is. I'm trying to put my thumb on why exactly, but aside from a few minor-ish things I'm not sure what the issue is. I've read things with more blatantly "off" (to me) characterization that didn't bother me, even enjoyed them on occasion and been able to picture the characters despite not agreeing, so I'm not sure why whatever it is about her characterization bothers me so much. I feel like the characters are well-rounded and seem like real people interacting in real people kinds of ways, and they're quite similar to the characters, but I cannot seem to accept them mentally as the characters.
It's subjective, I know, so it doesn't matter. Fanfiction is peoples' interpretations after all, so if two people can't agree, then whatever. Who cares? There's a place in fandom for everyone! I'm just baffled a bit because it's so well-written, she writes this pairing a ton, and yet I can't get myself to accept the characterization nor can I figure out what precisely doesn't work for me here. It's unfortunate on my end because I think her writing is fantastic, just doesn't work with the way I see the characters I guess. I may continue reading some of her stories, because I do appreciate her craftsmanship, but it's confusing me.
Anyone else have this kind of an experience with fanfiction?
Yet I feel a bit guilty because the more I read, the more I simply cannot seem to accept her characterization of these characters. I'll get into it for a little bit, a few paragraphs, and then something will throw me out of it. Some stories are more jarring than others. You know how, in the right fanfiction, you can "hear" the dialogue in the characters' voices, and see the characters doing everything? Yeah, there's a definite disconnect there. I just can't seem to make this work.
More than that, I find her characterizations somewhat unsettling, as weird as that is. I'm trying to put my thumb on why exactly, but aside from a few minor-ish things I'm not sure what the issue is. I've read things with more blatantly "off" (to me) characterization that didn't bother me, even enjoyed them on occasion and been able to picture the characters despite not agreeing, so I'm not sure why whatever it is about her characterization bothers me so much. I feel like the characters are well-rounded and seem like real people interacting in real people kinds of ways, and they're quite similar to the characters, but I cannot seem to accept them mentally as the characters.
It's subjective, I know, so it doesn't matter. Fanfiction is peoples' interpretations after all, so if two people can't agree, then whatever. Who cares? There's a place in fandom for everyone! I'm just baffled a bit because it's so well-written, she writes this pairing a ton, and yet I can't get myself to accept the characterization nor can I figure out what precisely doesn't work for me here. It's unfortunate on my end because I think her writing is fantastic, just doesn't work with the way I see the characters I guess. I may continue reading some of her stories, because I do appreciate her craftsmanship, but it's confusing me.
Anyone else have this kind of an experience with fanfiction?
