In which I type about fandom.

[impulsereader]

This week I bumped directly into two radically different aspects of fandom, and that made me want to type about it.[Poll #1878866]

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[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

I love your Gladstone's Collar series. I also hear what you are saying about using fanfiction in a therapeutic manner, which is pretty much solely what I use it for.

When I lecture to students on Fandom I often point out, more seriously than humourously, that if you can tell me who your favourite character and what appeals to you about them I can tell you what you present preoccupation is.

[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

You probably already know my occupation, but I admit I usually like characters not simply on their own but because of their dynamics with at least one other significant character. I've always been a huge fan of Holmes and Watson, from ACD onwards, and a lot of it is to do with their dynamic, and how their gifts and defects balance out. I like characters who are intelligent, quick with a quip, perhaps a little dark, or at least flawed, especially if they have unexpected friendships. I always liked the Avon/Vila dynamic in Blake's 7 for that.

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

When I was first writing Sherlock fic, and I had a problem with their voices, I realised that Avon and Vila were very similar. It's no coincidence that Martin Freeman got the role in Blake's Junction Seven for that reason I think.

[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

And isn't that a ridiculous short film? Without being at all like SF, it still manages to be actually pretty much exactly like the show! Freeman was very well cast in that.

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

My heart warmed when I saw Martin carrying their Orac across the bridge. I was so glad Tudders managed to still be alive to be him again. The reaction of Paul Darrow at a convention when he saw the bit with Avon and Blake in the loos was priceless. A friend and I had a very hard time keeping our faces straight.

[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

That was fabulous! And 'Are we there yet?'. And Mark Heap, and Johnny Vegas, and, oh, EVERYONE. *chortle*