We are MEAN to our heroes...

by **Matt Crowther** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:43 pm

Maybe it's your way of caring for the character. Only you can be mean or something I don't know. that doesn't make sense does it?

by **Serena Lewis** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:46 pm

Erm...no, I guess it doesn't make that much sense. To me anyway. Brain the size of a very small pea, that's me. :grin:

Well, just rest assured that she's gonna be dragged through hell, hopefully. I really am being evil now... :twisted:

xx

Edit: Yes! I'm a captain now! It makes little sense for 'Serena Lewis' to be a captain, but I'm happy!

by **Matt Crowther** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:02 pm

No, I don't know what I was writing. But if you like a character enough and write about them many times ( as I with Magenta) then you feel they're almost your creation (of course they're not) to do things to and with. One reason I guess that Magenta is to be in this Tour de France thing.

I made captain sometime after noon. Captain Crowther...

by **Marion** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:19 pm

Actually, I think I understood you, Matt. (As much as I ever do :wink:

)
Sometimes you write about a character, and you develop them and their back-stories until - however much they differ from the original series character - they have become real in your imagination. Thereafter you can't write about the TV show version to save your life. :oops:

I can put my hand up to that sin... happily. :-;)

Website · by **Sage** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:26 pm

Oh yes I know what you mean, and do that too. At times it doesn't feel like I'm 'creating' anything, just transcribing conversations they have.
Like with Magenta, I naturally write him using Irish turns of phrase, when he didn't really have an accent in canon (and he probably wouldn't in actuality either, having been in America so long).

by **Matt Crowther** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:29 pm

Marion wrote:Actually, I think I understood you, Matt. (As much as I ever do )
Sometimes you write about a character, and you develop them and their back-stories until - however much they differ from the original series character - they have become real in your imagination. Thereafter you can't write about the TV show version to save your life.
I can put my hand up to that sin... happily.

thanks, Marion. Glad someone did

You become one with the characters. That should be the mark of a good author.

by **Skybase Girl** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:56 pm

You're right, "your" characters become part of you. to the extent that they're with you all the time - at least that's how I feel, I hope that's kind of normal, and doesn't mean I need urgent pyschiatric help. ( Although people have probably been saying that for years ).

Maybe we're " mean" to them because we do feel we know them better than anyone, including all their flaws. There's nothing like a bit of flaw-exploiting to spice things up !

by **Marion** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:45 pm

Quite agree - what are flaws for, if not exploiting? :angel)

And I think that's true too - that you feel you know the character so well that you can use them to explore certain aspects or scenarios, confident you know how at least one character will react to it!
Maybe they're all really Mary-Sues in disguise? :shock:

Thinks: How would I like to be a tall, rich, blonde? [go-1-go]

by **Carrie** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:45 pm

I think it's very normal. I only need the straight-jacket when I start fancying the Captains in their swimwear...

by **Serena Lewis** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:47 pm

Thinks: How would I like to be a tall, rich, blonde?

Oh...I'd hate that, probably. I am tall, but I would not want to be blonde for the world, brunette all the way!!
Rich, yes, but not have so much money I don't know what to do with it. That's stupid...

I'm still wondering how many Mary-Sues I've produced for stories...

xx

by **Skybase Girl** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:43 pm

Tall, rich, blonde ? Well, I managed one out of three.

by **MMK** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:12 pm

Can't wait till you've finished your 'masterpiece' Serena.

I know so many flaws in each character... :wink:

(the total is now 198 fics now

)

Tall: Would you count 5 foot 9 inches as tall? (I'm small when compared to my brother... & he's even taller than all the official bio heights of each character!

)
Rich: I'm the same as Serena. If I wanted to get MORE money, I'd probably see how rich CS is and marry him... but there's one teeny tiny flaw in that.. I wouldn't be able to 'do away' with him... Magenta or Blue on the other hand...

Website · by **Sage** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:02 pm

5.9 is about average for a guy, pretty tall for a girl though.
Closest thing I have to someone tall, blond and rich* is my brother. Or maybe my best guy friend once he hits the big time as a novelist (he has a girlfriend though, but I don't fancy him anyway).

I'll take Ochre; wouldn't want to be a gold digger (though being a high ranking cop probably pays fairly well). Tall, dark & handsome is more my scene anyway. And there's obviously something about the name.

*which alas is his name, rather than financial status.

by **Serena Lewis** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:29 pm

I'm 5.9 and I count myself as tall. Taller than my mom anyway and she's in her forties (She'll kill me for writing that

)
I'd pick Magenta...or Blue. NCS of course.
I really hope there is a human under all Magentas macho man stuff, he's alright really.
Blue is thick as two short chavs (Sorry, sorry...), but he's a slightly loveable chump. I could walk all over him though. :grin:

That's sort of what my mom says about the potential of a Blue/Ochre or Blue/Green. She says that Ochre would terrify him, walk all over him, whereas Green would look after him and help him with his addiction for crashing vehicles into walls...

xx

Website · by **Sage** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:04 pm

I know, what is it about Magenta and bad canon characterisation?
He does have a lot of potential, so hopefully it can be rectified with fanfic.
Yeah for someone who's supposed to be a tough macho soldier Blue is a bit too gormless. He does need someone to just love.
Oh I don't doubt that at all, lol.