Let's talk meme

[petronia]

From fahye:

Pick a character I write, and I will give you the top five ideas/concepts/other I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to depicting them accurately. This includes both original characters and characters about whom I write fanfic.

Actually, you can extend that to any character I've read a lot of fic about... not that you'd know necessarily, of course. XD My voracious and not-particular-picky fic consumption is (among other things) a way of honing my own ideas of characterization against Fandom, like window shopping or a card-sorting exercise. Right, right, wrong, right, hmm, wrong, poor taste, right. Reading is what creates the model. Writing only introduces quirks.

Or, pick up the meme so I can ask you.

Or-or, I was taking Ask Me Anything questions on my Tumblr the other day - click link, ask me a question?

Comments

[narie.livejournal.com]

I totally read fic for the same reasons - I read voraciously so I can decide on what bits I like and dislike and watch everyone else prototype characters so I can refine my own. It's awesome.

But I'm an absolute fandom monogamist, that said.

[naiyad.livejournal.com]

Schuldig. I was rereading your The Berchtesgaden Debriefing recently and it remains one of my favourite characterization of him. Ever. =)

[credoimprobus]

Taking you up on that read-rather-than-written characters angle -- don't know how your reading preferences run with s5!nuWho, obviously, but if it applies, I'd be really curious about Your Views On Amy Pond. :D


(Ha, I'd be half tempted to do this meme too, but a) who wants to hear about my OCs anyway XD and b) not convinced I'd have enough patience for the brainwork necessary to tease the answers out, ahaha. *loses*)

[canis-m.livejournal.com]

Asami? lol after all this time I've been reading Viewfinder, why. Or Ten if you'd rather.

I like this meme but am not sure I could swing it; so much of my understanding of characterization is, like, intuited, so trying to verbalize it in nice neat insightful top 5 lists would be exhausting. And/or I would just make a series of super-vapid obvious statements.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

To backtrack several years, Ginji. (...and Ban, if you feel so inclined.)

[maeran.livejournal.com]

In case you ever had doubts I was deeply, seriously obsessed, let me put them to rest. ^^;;

Fuji Yuuta. Because Flor de Yemanja is still THE CANON reconciliation fic for me.

I'd also wanted to ask about Hikaru and/or Akira but I remembered do have a conscience. Sometimes. I mean, I didn't ask about Fuji or Tezuka. but figured I should go with number one priority question.