Tell us something about yourself: Where are you from? Age/Gender? Hobbies? Anything you'd like to share.
I'm from Ohio. I'm eighteen. I'm female. When I'm not on the computer, I'm likely watching movies, doing classwork, or backpacking. Or napping. I nap a lot.
How did you begin writing in general?
I started out in first grade when I would come home and get on the old Mac Classic II to retell the stories I read in class. I would change the names of the characters and claim to have come up with the whole thing myself.
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
My undying fifth-grade love for the Backstreet Boys inspired me to write the novel-length saga of my affair with Brian Littrell, the cute one with the congenital heart condition. He fell in love with me as I brought him his homework in the hospital. I then lived on the tour bus with the other four, and although many other girls vied for Brian's attention, I remained his one true love.
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Things never quite go the way I want them to in my favorite television shows and movies. I like to tell the untold stories about the way things should have happened. But also, fanfiction is a social outlet for me -- I love meeting new people, filling requests, and getting piles of feedback that tell me how fabulous I am. In the end, I suppose I just want to be loved.
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
Well, aside from his, er, physical prowess, the thing I find so fascinating about Spike is his moral ambiguity. It's not just that we're never sure if he is good or bad, it's that he is neither. Spike has made his home in a grey area, and despite everyone's urge to put him in one category or the other, it seems that whether Spike is good or bad becomes far less important than what he actually is. In this way, Spike is probably more representative of actual human nature than most human characters. I love to explore what this means in a fight that is supposed to be good against evil.
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Dawn is probably my other favorite character from Buffy. Because she gets to be human without really being a human, Dawn's perspective is unique. Joss has left her future as the Key ambiguous, which leaves plenty of room for me to have fun imagining what could be in store for her. And because both Spike and Dawn are human-but-not-human, I think their experiences are likely to draw them together. By definition, Spike is supposed to be evil, and Dawn is supposed to be good, but neither of them really sticks to those categories. I imagine them being human together.
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Date: 2004-07-01 08:34 am (UTC)I'm from Ohio. I'm eighteen. I'm female. When I'm not on the computer, I'm likely watching movies, doing classwork, or backpacking. Or napping. I nap a lot.
How did you begin writing in general?
I started out in first grade when I would come home and get on the old Mac Classic II to retell the stories I read in class. I would change the names of the characters and claim to have come up with the whole thing myself.
What inspired you to begin writing fanfic?
My undying fifth-grade love for the Backstreet Boys inspired me to write the novel-length saga of my affair with Brian Littrell, the cute one with the congenital heart condition. He fell in love with me as I brought him his homework in the hospital. I then lived on the tour bus with the other four, and although many other girls vied for Brian's attention, I remained his one true love.
What do you enjoy about writing fanfic?
Things never quite go the way I want them to in my favorite television shows and movies. I like to tell the untold stories about the way things should have happened. But also, fanfiction is a social outlet for me -- I love meeting new people, filling requests, and getting piles of feedback that tell me how fabulous I am. In the end, I suppose I just want to be loved.
Why have you chosen to write about Spike? What do you find interesting about his character?
Well, aside from his, er, physical prowess, the thing I find so fascinating about Spike is his moral ambiguity. It's not just that we're never sure if he is good or bad, it's that he is neither. Spike has made his home in a grey area, and despite everyone's urge to put him in one category or the other, it seems that whether Spike is good or bad becomes far less important than what he actually is. In this way, Spike is probably more representative of actual human nature than most human characters. I love to explore what this means in a fight that is supposed to be good against evil.
What other characters or relationships do you find most interesting to write?
Dawn is probably my other favorite character from Buffy. Because she gets to be human without really being a human, Dawn's perspective is unique. Joss has left her future as the Key ambiguous, which leaves plenty of room for me to have fun imagining what could be in store for her. And because both Spike and Dawn are human-but-not-human, I think their experiences are likely to draw them together. By definition, Spike is supposed to be evil, and Dawn is supposed to be good, but neither of them really sticks to those categories. I imagine them being human together.