I was thinking today. You'll find this is something I do from time to time. I was thinking about this Nightwish fanfic I have going. I know it's not the worst out there (I have read some that were like O.O), but I was thinking of what the band themselves would think if they read it (and seriously, god forbid they ever do). I don't think they'd be pissed, so much as horrified that someone's imagination could come up with something like that. Especially Anette. The thing is that, of course I know they're real people, I've met them, spoken to them, had pictures taken with them, but I'm so incredibly far removed from them that they COULD be fiction if I didn't know any better. I wouldn't write a fanfic about, quick example, Anthony's band Jack Straight, even if they ever got famous or whatever. Because I KNOW him, he's a real person in my life through more than lyrics and instruments. Well not like that, he's really just an aquaintance, which is still more than can be said of NW. I guess the reason it's so easy to write fanfic about real people like that who are actors or musicians is that they're so far removed from you, even if they do read it, it's not like a) they'll ever know it was you personally (instead of just whatever internet name you happen to be using), b) they'll be able to confront you or c) you'll have to face their reactions. They might as well be fake for how much I interact with them.
Just saying. I hope that makes sense. Fueled by discussion on the NW.com boards, naturally.
I never really thought before about how I was able to write fanfic about real people. I understand why some people can't fathom it, in fact, I was such a one once. But it's the same as normal fanfic over fictional characters. You write fanfic about PotC, you're still picturing Johnny Depp as Jack and Keira Knightley as Elisabeth. You're writing about this act they're putting on. But you'd be weirded out to write about them as people? Why? You don't know what they're really like and most of what you see is probably just an act anyway, like any other part in any other movie they might have. Same for Nightwish. We gather that Anette is just a happy person who likes to smile, but I'm willing to bet she's NOT like that all the time. Even the happiest person I know doesn't walk around smiling like that, etc. I'm betting a lot of that is an act, since she's not likely to outwardly show when she's pissed right the fuck off. She can't, that's how she alienates fans or potential fans.
And at the same time, I have zero basis in fact, for either thing. One gathers what one can of a person's character from interviews, the same way as another fanfic author would gather an idea of a character from a movie from...the movie. You disconnect yourself from them, and you don't think about what they'd think of it, you pretend they aren't real, and that's how you can write about them as though they AREN'T real.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN THIS. Know, though, that Jessica wrote me (name and all) into one of her stories as someone who gets raped by their father, and other than being mildly weirded out, I didn't really care. It's not real, and all she's really using is my name.
But in a way, I find it almost weirder to write about cartoon characters O.o. I can't explain that probably, but it's trying to add depth to a two-dimensional (for the most part) drawing.
I totally get not want to write about real person sex scenes though. I find those incredibly awkward to read, maybe just because I can't imagine those people I idolize doing that :p. Particularly when it gets kinky hardcore porn writing. Logically, of course, I am aware of the fact that they're all having sex, D-UH OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE, but I don't want to read about it no matter how fake it is, just the same as I'd probably rather die than watch a pornographic movie starring whoever it is.
I'LL SHUT UP NOW.
I hope that was coherent enough. And even if it wasn't, I'm sure no one really cares.
Currently Listening: Replica by Sonata Arctica
Just saying. I hope that makes sense. Fueled by discussion on the NW.com boards, naturally.
I never really thought before about how I was able to write fanfic about real people. I understand why some people can't fathom it, in fact, I was such a one once. But it's the same as normal fanfic over fictional characters. You write fanfic about PotC, you're still picturing Johnny Depp as Jack and Keira Knightley as Elisabeth. You're writing about this act they're putting on. But you'd be weirded out to write about them as people? Why? You don't know what they're really like and most of what you see is probably just an act anyway, like any other part in any other movie they might have. Same for Nightwish. We gather that Anette is just a happy person who likes to smile, but I'm willing to bet she's NOT like that all the time. Even the happiest person I know doesn't walk around smiling like that, etc. I'm betting a lot of that is an act, since she's not likely to outwardly show when she's pissed right the fuck off. She can't, that's how she alienates fans or potential fans.
And at the same time, I have zero basis in fact, for either thing. One gathers what one can of a person's character from interviews, the same way as another fanfic author would gather an idea of a character from a movie from...the movie. You disconnect yourself from them, and you don't think about what they'd think of it, you pretend they aren't real, and that's how you can write about them as though they AREN'T real.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN THIS. Know, though, that Jessica wrote me (name and all) into one of her stories as someone who gets raped by their father, and other than being mildly weirded out, I didn't really care. It's not real, and all she's really using is my name.
But in a way, I find it almost weirder to write about cartoon characters O.o. I can't explain that probably, but it's trying to add depth to a two-dimensional (for the most part) drawing.
I totally get not want to write about real person sex scenes though. I find those incredibly awkward to read, maybe just because I can't imagine those people I idolize doing that :p. Particularly when it gets kinky hardcore porn writing. Logically, of course, I am aware of the fact that they're all having sex, D-UH OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE, but I don't want to read about it no matter how fake it is, just the same as I'd probably rather die than watch a pornographic movie starring whoever it is.
I'LL SHUT UP NOW.
I hope that was coherent enough. And even if it wasn't, I'm sure no one really cares.
Currently Listening: Replica by Sonata Arctica
Nothing's what it seems to be,
I'm a replica, I'm a replica.
Empty shell inside of me,
I'm not myself, I'm a replica of me.
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