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mare:
Whenever this topic does come up, it usually comes back to the fact that out of all of them, Nick is the least settled down. He seems to be the most relatable to people in the fandom maybe because of his age or just his accessibility to fans. For some reason he's the one boy everyone seems to think they know more so than the others. As everyone has said when it comes to Brian and Howie, they are so set in their lives it's sometimes challenging to find ways to step outside that box and make them still believeable. But I guess, it really depends on the definition of what we feel believable is.
Sakabelle:
Personally I have always written about Nick because he's my favourite. When I first started out writing fan fiction, I was 13 and writing teeny self inserts about Nick... and I just continued writing about Nick. I was never interested in writing anything longer than a one-shot about the others. I tried to start an AJ story once and could never really get into it.
tiggerc128:
Not to detract from Terri's question, because it's actually something I wonder about, what constitutes AU? I've always assumed it meant if they aren't the "group". does them having different wives, no wives, or girlfriends constitute AU? I ask only because in our stories, we can make them be whatever we want. Even if they are part of the group, they don't HAVE to be married or with kids. I used to only write Nick. Then I branched out and started with AJ. Undoubtedly my two favorites in the group. Now I've written a story about Brian, and one with Howie and Nick as dual leads, so to speak. I'm branching out because it's stretching my imagination to new heights. But Nick will always be my favorite to write about. For all the reasons listed above. I think he and AJ are the most complex and easiest.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on April 23, 2012, 06:22:25 PM ---For some reason he's the one boy everyone seems to think they know more so than the others.
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That's interesting that you said that because I don't feel that way at all. Maybe it's because I've always been a Brian girl, but I feel like Brian, for example, is an open book, easy to read. He is who he is - dedicated to his family and his faith, a comedian, but more conservative than the others in some ways. I don't feel like there's as many different directions to take a guy like Brian, who has basically stayed the same all these years.
Nick, on the other hand, is more of a mystery to me; I never know quite what to expect from him. He's shown us so many different sides to himself over the years, and I think that makes him easier to adapt to certain scenarios because there's really no wrong way to write him. He can be funny, he can be angsty, he can be romantic, he can be an asshole, he can be the hero, he can be the villain, he can basically be whatever you want him to be, and it works!
I see AJ that way too, and maybe that's why he's also more popular than Brian and the other guys in fanfic these days, but Nick is still The Chosen One, so he gets more starring roles LOL.
Howie and Kevin are somewhere in between for me, I think because they're not as out there and open with their personal lives as Brian, but more settled and secure with themselves than Nick and AJ historically have been.
That's my take on it, but that may just be because of who I've paid the most attention to over the years! LOL I'm sure we all see them different ways just based on our own experiences.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: tiggerc128 on April 23, 2012, 08:03:44 PM ---Not to detract from Terri's question, because it's actually something I wonder about, what constitutes AU? I've always assumed it meant if they aren't the "group". does them having different wives, no wives, or girlfriends constitute AU? I ask only because in our stories, we can make them be whatever we want. Even if they are part of the group, they don't HAVE to be married or with kids. I used to only write Nick. Then I branched out and started with AJ. Undoubtedly my two favorites in the group. Now I've written a story about Brian, and one with Howie and Nick as dual leads, so to speak. I'm branching out because it's stretching my imagination to new heights. But Nick will always be my favorite to write about. For all the reasons listed above. I think he and AJ are the most complex and easiest.
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That's a good question. By some definitions, anything that goes outside of "canon" (in our case, reality) would be considered AU. Personally, though, if they're still the Backstreet Boys, I don't consider it AU. It's just my preference to stick to reality as much as possible if I'm not making it AU, and I usually prefer reading stories that are that way, too.
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