You've heard the cliche to the effect that "writing is easy; all you have to do is open a vein and bleed on the page." The emotion has to come from somewhere, and it's truest when it draws from personal experience. And to some extent, every character we write is an aspect of self.
I have kept an online journal for a decade. Ten years. All ten years of that writing is considerably less self-exposure than a single short story published here, I believe. I find it frankly terrifying to publish fiction for other people to read.
And the connection (Bond is a little too overused in current parlance) between Watcher and Slayer bespeaks an equality in relationship that I don't believe either one of them could achieve with anyone else. They have a common calling and a heavy burden, and the earliest episodes make it clear that they are on this earth for each other-- not necessarily romantically, but certainly emotionally in addition to the roles fate has forced upon them.
Yes yes yes yes yes! This is exactly what got me into fanfiction as well.
1) Giles is utterly fascinating. I'm sure it helps that he's played by a distintively handsome actor with a lovely voice, but the character itself has so much possibility, mostly unrealized in the series.
2) The series also sets up and then does nothing with the connection those two have. In the unaired pilot, it's even more clear: Giles tells Buffy bluntly that it is his destiny to be her Watcher, as it is hers to be the Slayer. The two are given the job together, and she does in fact need him to survive.
My fictional obsession in this fandom (the only fandom I've been involved with in any serious way) is exploring that connection & relationship from various angles. Sometimes romantically, sometimes not.
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Date: 2006-09-19 02:53 am (UTC)I have kept an online journal for a decade. Ten years. All ten years of that writing is considerably less self-exposure than a single short story published here, I believe. I find it frankly terrifying to publish fiction for other people to read.
And the connection (Bond is a little too overused in current parlance) between Watcher and Slayer bespeaks an equality in relationship that I don't believe either one of them could achieve with anyone else. They have a common calling and a heavy burden, and the earliest episodes make it clear that they are on this earth for each other-- not necessarily romantically, but certainly emotionally in addition to the roles fate has forced upon them.
Yes yes yes yes yes! This is exactly what got me into fanfiction as well.
1) Giles is utterly fascinating. I'm sure it helps that he's played by a distintively handsome actor with a lovely voice, but the character itself has so much possibility, mostly unrealized in the series.
2) The series also sets up and then does nothing with the connection those two have. In the unaired pilot, it's even more clear: Giles tells Buffy bluntly that it is his destiny to be her Watcher, as it is hers to be the Slayer. The two are given the job together, and she does in fact need him to survive.
My fictional obsession in this fandom (the only fandom I've been involved with in any serious way) is exploring that connection & relationship from various angles. Sometimes romantically, sometimes not.
How to do a livejournal cut:
<lj-cut text="The cut text">Text to be hidden behind the cut.</lj-cut>
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