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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
mare:
I honestly can't really remember any specific thing anyone said that I would consider bad, bad. There have been those kinds of reviews where you can tell the person was reading with the sole intent of finding fault with it. I've had a couple of those and there was one person who reviewed my story to ask me to read hers which was kind of annoying but other than that, I think I've been pretty lucky overall. Like I said, when people are unhappy with the plot twists or some of my characters I tend to take that as a compliment because they didn't see it coming and I wasn't predictable. lol
emilo:
I don't think I've ever really had someone say something bad per se about one of my stories here on AC. The only thing I've experienced with a BSB fanfic that's kind of thrown me is someone interpreting a scene differently than I had intended. Now, on the Grey's Anatomy fic I wrote on fanfiction.net a few years ago, I had rave reviews all the way through, until the end, and someone told me how great the story was until the end, then "Let's just pretend this one never happened." LOL
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: mare on July 07, 2013, 08:07:03 PM ---LOL If nothing else, it just shows they were passionate about what they were reading!
I kind of take that as a compliment, when people get really angry with my characters or the way a plot twists. Now, saying you suck is not a nice thing! LOL
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Oh yeah definitely! I've had a lot more people displeased or surprised with what characters did in stories. They can be annoyed with my characters all they want (because my own characters annoy me too at times!) just leave me out of it! lol
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: usako on July 06, 2013, 06:42:32 AM ---My very first fanfic wasn't slash but it was a Frick and Frack still. The reason was because I was so sick and tired to find stories that only had as main plot a love story and where the attention wa on the female character. I don't want to read about the girl being tortured/beated/hurt/sick/dying, I want to read about the guys dealing with these things. lol The only het I started to write (and then erased it because it sucked) was about Brian meeting this girl that then ended up threatening him to hurt the other guys if he didn't stay with her. :D
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That's a very good explanation for why people love reading and writing slash. Thanks for that! I have never been able to get into slash, only because I am such a stickler for reality, even in AU, that I just can't suspend my disbelief enough to buy any of the Boys being in a relationship with each other. If even one of them were gay in real life, I think I would have an easier time believing it. That said, I know it's fiction, so who cares? And when you put it like that, reading about Nick being in a relationship with Brian sounds a lot more interesting than Nick being in a relationship with some random Mary Sue girl.
RokofAges75:
I was away from home all weekend and am finally able to answer some questions, so prepare for several posts in a row from me while I play catch up!
--- Quote from: mare on July 05, 2013, 03:32:55 PM ---Along this line of thought, what made you decide to write in the genre you did when you wrote your very first fanfic and have you managed to branch out or do you still stick to the same style you started with?
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My very first fanfic was a romance - a cliche, Brian-falls-in-love-with-his-childhood-best-friend romance! That said, it was also chock full of drama, including some medical drama. I never finished that first version of that story, but my first finished fanfic was also a medical drama romance. As picky as I am about romance, I have always been a sucker for a good, tragic love story. You make two people fall in love and then put one or both of them into a life-or-death situation, and I'm hooked! The threat of death just makes the power of love that much stronger. I've always loved that combination, and I think that's why so many of my stories fall under that medical drama romance category. I have certainly branched out and written in other genres - suspense/mystery, horror/supernatural, action/adventure, comedy, even some sci-fi - but I am best known for my medical drama romance and will always keep coming back to that genre.
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