Okay, okay, if you're going to get hypersemantic. Let me suggest something,a suggestion that is harmless and familiar to those who've checked the prereqs for Critic 101. How about those who state opinions, as all do, try to give reasons for these opinions. They could be from fanon or they could be a pointing out of sloppy, inconsistent writing, or they could be more personal: something happened to me once that made me really hate what she just did, although I guess she had a right, etc. We often do this, though not always, and I believe that It might inspire juicier conversation and honest evaluation. I'm not trying to throw my (increasing) weight around. It's a suggestion.
I tried to say that I find new perceptions of the characters as expressed through other characters--an example being a college buddy observing Scully as a wedding guest at an overelegant wedding--give me fresh thrills after too many years of reading about too few people. You might consider that a personal, not especially sexual, kink. Everyone has them. Come clean and share. We're not doing academic stuff here, though we borrow terms and sometimes pretend, but the more psychological investment the yeastier our talks could become.
And maybe we might consider why the Marysue immediately emerged and became famous. Fanfic! Not yet fully defined as to nature or purpose.
I don't have a dog in the fight. How can you say that? You know I'm a cat person. I'm not insisting on any approach, though I guess you took my "it's all personal" pretty seriously, possibly as a insult. Personal is not bad. This is fanfic, not a doctoral dissertation on mythical motifs in Fox television. We just might have more to discuss if we--unpack our first responses.
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Date: 2012-03-11 08:54 pm (UTC)I tried to say that I find new perceptions of the characters as expressed through other characters--an example being a college buddy observing Scully as a wedding guest at an overelegant wedding--give me fresh thrills after too many years of reading about too few people. You might consider that a personal, not especially sexual, kink. Everyone has them. Come clean and share. We're not doing academic stuff here, though we borrow terms and sometimes pretend, but the more psychological investment the yeastier our talks could become.
And maybe we might consider why the Marysue immediately emerged and became famous. Fanfic! Not yet fully defined as to nature or purpose.
I don't have a dog in the fight. How can you say that? You know I'm a cat person. I'm not insisting on any approach, though I guess you took my "it's all personal" pretty seriously, possibly as a insult. Personal is not bad. This is fanfic, not a doctoral dissertation on mythical motifs in Fox television. We just might have more to discuss if we--unpack our first responses.
I bow to your further displeasure.