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Incredibly vicious ranting under the cut. Do not read if you weary of my complaints - 'cause this one's a doozy.
Crap, sometimes I really dislike hard-core slashers and people into kink who feel they need to give John a homosexual or heavily erotic experience in every one of their dang stories. I swear it's like they're more focused on making him gay than doing a poignant, interesting tale. And would it hurt to put freakin' warnings! I have yet to come across a decent John back-story that does not include him either having several one-night stands or having his first gay experience with this guy or that guy. Man, I feel so sorry for his character, I really do. Some people claim to like his character but the way they write him (whether gen, slash, or romance) it's like they secretly hate him or something.
I know it seems like I'm taking this too seriously, but I tend to take a lot of things too seriously. After a while, crap just gets to me And the more it gets to me the worse it is the next time around. And, what can I say, when I like a character from a particular show or book, I tend to be protective of them.
This is why, when I do finally get published by a major company (and should my stories be popular enough but who can say), my stories probably won't be open to fanfic writers. I would just hate to have happen to my characters what happens to so many other characters in some fanfics. It's actually pretty sad and makes me wonder how anyone can write some of the stuff that's out there. Yeah, I know it's fantasy and creativity, people can write what they want and all that, but this is still someone else's creation you're borrowing and using. If Sheppard were my character, I'd be a little ticked about some of the kind of stories he's been put into.
Oy, it just.... *Snarl* Poor John *Hides him away*. He can't go two-minutes without someone smearing who he is. There's eye-of-the-beholder then there's just plain twisting and mutilating a character. John Sheppard's my fav and I hate that he's been put into so many character-bashing/twisting/mutilating stories.
Makes me nervous what CSI:NY fanficcers are doing to Danny Messer. *Hides Danny*
Phew! I feel much better now. Amazing what a bit of ranting can do.
I know it seems like I'm taking this too seriously, but I tend to take a lot of things too seriously. After a while, crap just gets to me And the more it gets to me the worse it is the next time around. And, what can I say, when I like a character from a particular show or book, I tend to be protective of them.
This is why, when I do finally get published by a major company (and should my stories be popular enough but who can say), my stories probably won't be open to fanfic writers. I would just hate to have happen to my characters what happens to so many other characters in some fanfics. It's actually pretty sad and makes me wonder how anyone can write some of the stuff that's out there. Yeah, I know it's fantasy and creativity, people can write what they want and all that, but this is still someone else's creation you're borrowing and using. If Sheppard were my character, I'd be a little ticked about some of the kind of stories he's been put into.
Oy, it just.... *Snarl* Poor John *Hides him away*. He can't go two-minutes without someone smearing who he is. There's eye-of-the-beholder then there's just plain twisting and mutilating a character. John Sheppard's my fav and I hate that he's been put into so many character-bashing/twisting/mutilating stories.
Makes me nervous what CSI:NY fanficcers are doing to Danny Messer. *Hides Danny*
Phew! I feel much better now. Amazing what a bit of ranting can do.
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Date: 2007-06-26 02:56 am (UTC)From:I think a lot of it is band-wagon stuff. New writers not quite into the show as most see what other authors do and mimick rather than find stuff out on their own. I read a story, once, that was chapter after chapt of SGA/Shepaprd fandom cliches (suicidal, infirmary escapes, kriking, etc.) It's like the person based everything they knew on what they had read rather than what they had watched.
Either that or they do what they think will get the most reviews.