Haha, yeah I wanted to post before, but then I got very confused with all the references of onions and Rick Astley. XD
There's no better combination than onions and Rick Astley. For serious.
As for the title...I'll probably stick to Hounds of Goldenrod. Speaking of that fic, I"m actually almost done with it. ^^ Trying to finish it as much as possible before realitives come tomrrow. :X
Sure. Can't wait to see it. ^_^ And it
is a good title.
Are you implying that the British have no Fourth of July? Because they do. It's inbetween July 3rd and 5th.
Absolutely. You British are
clearly trapped in a temporal paradox.
Hiiiii, kiddies! Guess who's back from the mean ol' military for good? =D
How many times was this? XD In any case, welcome back, Alter Ego. =3
And now, for the questions.
When it comes to reality in fanfics, such as attitude, are your characters ever too blunt with any other characters?
*motions to Viola, who has called characters cowards, puppets, and egotistical *****es because she was being honest*
Other than that, a number of my characters and the canon characters I write about tend to be blunt because I have a strange liking for socially awkward characters. The kind who are honest but don't always comprehend that certain situations require white lying. This is mostly because it's a lot of fun to write about a character who doesn't understand society.
If all the fictional characters you had ever created were on the verge of being erased from existence, and you could only save one; which character would it be and why?
Oddly enough, I'd probably go with Rose, if she counts. (She's based on the little girl who gives out Bill's phone number in the GSC arc, but I count her as an original because I've essentially had to completely create her character, given the fact that canon practically only says Bill has a little sister.) Mostly, it's because she's cute. She's quiet, she's a crybaby (if Bill or any other member of her family wasn't around to comfort her), she's a little whiny and clingy if she's allowed to speak more than a few words, and she can't battle worth crap. But somehow, I just find her to be adorable. Maybe it's because she's also incredibly innocent.
Also, she's fic bait. I mean, she's like a mini damsel-in-distress. Yes, that sounds sick, but having her around makes it easier to write Bill fic that isn't (necessarily) about Bill getting raped by fate. Again.
If she
doesn't count (because on a very strict definition of "canon character," she
is one), I'd probably go for Feste, one of the latest characters I've created for Midsummer Knights. The reason why is because he's a lot like Cesario, only a little less homicidal. Like the lovable tramp. And hilarious when drunk. Which is frequently.
But yeah, I like all of my characters for one reason or another, so it's hard to say that I'd absolutely go with one over the other and never miss the ones that just suddenly disappeared (unless I also had a memory alteration or something). Although Viola tends to be annoying at times because she's so emo.
Have you ever had Writer's Block, and, if so, what did you do to overcome it?
Now and then. All I do is leave the work alone for awhile, play with ideas, write a few notes down, and overall work on something else for the time being. I don't like to force myself because it almost always shows with the scene coming off as contrived. As in, my work sucks more if I try to push myself into coming up with something.
As a writer, would you prefer to exceed your own limitations, or stay within them?
If I didn't at least try to exceed my own limitations, I wouldn't have written a number of fics I've already written. I know that sounds incredibly stupid and cliche, but it's like this. I'm not very confident as a person. All those times I say that a fic sucks, I'm being
honest about what I think I can do. I don't go overboard and try to pull off some godly work of art, of course, but I always try to do something new with every fic I write. For example, I didn't try to write death scenes in detail (or at all) until I decided to try testing my limits with Midsummer Knights. I've tried and failed at using flashbacks until I tried again with Bloom. I even dared to write a sex scene recently, just to see if I could do it. (Failed, apparently, at the biological logistics, according to a friend of mine, but at least I tried.)
And you know what? That's why I like writing so much. I actually like daring to write all those things, just to see how far I can take it. Even though I'd never admit that any of the resulting attempts are incredible compared to the work of someone who's been doing it for years, of course.
