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[redbrunja]

With all the friending memes going around (LJ revival for the win!) I figured that a meme would be a nice way to break the ice... and it would be way more fun for me personally than writing up an about-me post (like like this meme is restricted to new members of my flist, or anything crazy like that).

So, without further ado...

Fandom Tennis Match Meme!

Okay, here's how this is going to work. You comment with a fandom question. I answer it and then ask you a question that has some thematic relevance to the question you asked me.

My tags and my icons are good places to get ideas about what fandoms/ships/etc I'm interested in. Also, my bulletproof kinks/tropes tag is here.

Comments

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

When you write fanfic what kind of tense do you prefer to write in?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Third person past tense, although if I'm reading a lot of present tense fanfic, sometimes I'll switch to that for a fic or two.

What are some of the characters with the easiest pov for you to write in? The most difficult?

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

It's interesting how changing the tense can change the entire atmosphere of a fic.

What are some of the characters with the easiest pov for you to write in? The most difficult?

Johannes Cabal is a character that I feel very comfortable with. In that same vein, Loki and Regina as well. Generally, I'm pretty damn confident with villains.

I also would like to say I'm very comfortable with (MCU) Natasha, since I feel like I've found a nice way to balance her cunning and this sense of genuine niceness and care she has, but I hesitate to include her on the list since I've only ever written her in relation to other characters, not on her own yet.

Sif I adore and feel fairly comfortable with, but occasionally I have a hard time pinning down her feelings. Harry Dresden is also in this category - I love writing him, but I have a hard time pinning down his thoughts or dialog from moment to moment. Like, some aspects I feel very confident with, and then there are these gaps in my narrative that it takes me a while to fill.

I have a hard time writing Clint, to be honest. If it was comics Clint? I feel like I'd be a little more comfortable. MCU Clint is kind of a tossup from fic to fic.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time writing Clint, to be honest. If it was comics Clint? I feel like I'd be a little more comfortable. MCU Clint is kind of a tossup from fic to fic.

I think MCU writers often crib A LOT from comics Clint when they write him. (Mainly, the humor.) That's actually one things that separates my MCU!Clint (much more deadpan, much more aware of the ironies of a situation) and comics!Clint (more of a goofball, weirdly even more self-loathing-y than MCU!Clint) and I have slightly different backstories for them.