Fandom Meme, 17

[osprey_archer]

17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

For a long time I would have answered this “books,” but in terms of absolute volume of fic written the answer is obviously “movies,” specifically Captain America movies, specifically The Winter Soldier, a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

However, I think in terms of the number of fandoms written in… actually, I’m looking at my AO3 page now, and it looks like it’s a pretty good mix of movies, books, and TV shows. Only one anime fic, for Princess Tutu. (My Hetalia fics were all written from the scanlations, before I watched the anime, possibly before the anime even came out.)

HOWEVER, book fandoms have a special place in my heart, because books are my first love, and because I always enjoy trying to pastiche the author’s style. I think this is great training for an author, especially an author of historical fiction, because it shows how much the style in which someone expresses things can shape what feelings and experiences can be expressed.

Comments

[asakiyume]

I think this is great training for an author, especially an author of historical fiction, because it shows how much the style in which someone expresses things can shape what feelings and experiences can be expressed. --That's a really great observation, and it's part of what makes your historical fiction so good, I'm sure.

[osprey_archer]

This is not my observation! As with many things, I stole it from C. S. Lewis. I think the key is to try not the "translate" from the present, as it were, but to think as well as you can in the native language of the past.