Man, it's been ages since I've posted here. Hi, guys. Remember me? I'm the snarky one that's been pissing people off in the main forum. *thumbs up*
What is the most intelligent thing you've ever put into your fics?
Probably the
pretentious philosophy in Goldfish Funerals. You know. The one where a certain character explains death to a nine-year-old child by saying something along the lines of, "Yeah, you can't avoid it, but on the bright side, if you do something with
life, then it's not all
that bad." Only, you know, in fluffier terms because this is being said to a
nine-year-old who lost her beloved pet Magikarp.
Oh, you and your optimism, dear character.
Dumbest thing you've ever put in your fics. And I mean THE dumbest. Don't be shy here.
Thinly veiled self-insert Mary Sue in my first big epic, Warp Series. Complete with omniscience and prophecies to hand out like candy.
Actually, most of the cast of Warp Series. That was a pretty godawful fic in hindsight.
I should imagine Pokemorphs can be made with gene manipulation before the thing is born, but afterwards? Oh, come on!
THANK YOU.
Of course, I should be one to talk, but still. I'm not entirely fond of the "kid gets captured by Team Rocket and is randomly turned into a Pokemorph through vague science" trope for the reason that it's always through illogical means.
But that's what you get when you have people who don't know basic biology writing fics.
(I should be one to talk, but still.)
What is the longest time you've written without doing anything in between? (Going to bathroom, drinking something and eating doesn't count unless you do it for hours.) What about reading?
Couple of hours, I think. For both. I'm very easily distracted.
What is your favorite genre to write?
For multi-chapter fics, dark fic. I really don't know why, but everything I write eventually turns into dark fic. My second favorite, naturally, is science-fiction, if only because sci-fi rocks my socks.
For one-shots, crack fic. The subtler the crack, the better. As in, you really don't realize it's crack until BAM, something happens, and then you're like, "WTF?" *motions to His Angel*
Which part of a story do you like the most? The beginning with its character introduction, the middle with its mystery, or the end with its action and (hopefully) climactic ending?
To write, probably the beginning. Although I always say that my beginnings are slow, I like building the characters and getting the plot going, and that's usually the time when the idea I'm writing about is freshest.
To read, the end. Particularly if all the loose ends actually come together, and I can see all the shiny Chekov's guns (if there are even any).
How do you come up with your characters? Do you design them from scratch or use people you know as their bases? If the latter, how much do you modify their personalities?
All of my characters are based on either other characters in media or people I know. For example, Professor Nettle is based on two professors I've actually had during my college education. (Her appearance comes from one of my English professors. Meanwhile, her personality stems from a feminist professor whose European history course I dropped after two days because she really
was the stereotypical feminazi kind of woman -- complete with cats and the opinion that women's history is founded primarily on oppression. Which it is, but still, that's annoying as all hell, especially when sitting in a class at a women's college surrounded by butch lesbians and other feminazis who essentially think the same thing. *headdesk, headdesk*)
Then, you've got Olivia, whose appearance and personality was based loosely on River Tam from the series
Firefly. Viola was based somewhat on myself (although her appearance stems from that of Kurorat Jio Clocks in the manga
Dream Gold). Mercury and Imogen were based on friends, Orsino was based (in terms of personality) on Kyosuke from the anime
Spiral, and Andrew was based on his namesake from
Twelfth Night.
I have a few characters who were created sheerly out of necessity, practically from scratch. Benvolio, for example, while loosely based on his namesake, was mostly conjured from the necessity to have a down-to-earth character among Mercury's crew. Sebastian, meanwhile, was crafted pretty much essentially to serve as a mentor for Viola. I don't recall if he was actually based on anyone.
Have you ever taken up the task of trying to create an entirely new world as a fictional setting for stories?
Admittedly, no. The closest I've come was to create countries, but all of them are in already existing worlds.
and it's NOT FINNISH!!!!!
