Wow, long time not seen… And I come back with a meme, shame on me – oh well.

Anyway, did the interview thing…

Here are the rules:

01- Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."

02- I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.

03- You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.

04- You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.

05- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.


As for me, alwaysjbj did the interview.



1. What drew you to writing fanfic?

2. What do you look for in a story (be it fanfiction or a published story)... what elements draw you in and hold your attention?

3. Pick your favourite Btvs or Ats character and tell me WHY you love them so much?

4. What is your favourite scene from one of the episodes and why?

5. What do you most love and hate about the Spuffy relationship... both on the show and in fanfic and what it it that makes you a die hard Spuffy?

1.
When I see something I believe to be wrong, be it in a show or a book, I have this urge to fix it somehow. For a long time I was content with imagining those solutions (and annoying my sister by telling her about them), but when I started reading fanfic I fell in love with the idea that I'd be able to show them to others. Plus, I absolutely love reading and always wanted to be able to write something myself. Sadly language and literature isn't my strong suit, I was always better with math and technical stuff. Because of that I knew writing a "real" novel is way out of my league, so fanfic gave me the opportunity to dabble in writing – and the hope that in time I'll get to the point where at least I like what I'm producing.

2.
Hmm, tough question. I guess the most important thing is a good plot. The story has to make sense and be conclusive, and it needs a certain amount of suspense to draw me in. I absolutely hate it if the logic of a story is flawed – and believe me, I notice mistakes like that every time. There has to be a reason for everything, characters that change their behavior in mid-story without any reason at all will make me stop reading every time. Oh, and there has to be a happy ending. If I'm not sure if that's where the story is leading I'll read the ending first to make sure I won't be disappointed. Where fanfic is concerned I think the characterization is one of the most important parts. If I can't recognize the character5s from the show in a fic I'll stop reading. Original fiction is great, but if you can't admit that that's what you're writing, you'll just have to live with one less reader.

3.
That's easy. Spike. I always sympathize with the underdog and in addition I have a thing for bad-boys – and he's the poster-boy for both. That he's hot helps too of course, but it all started with my need to back up the one character that no one in the show seemed to think deserved something as simple as common courtesy or respect. Plus, I've never understood why the fact that vampires drink human blood should make then those evil, despised creatures. Whether someone is evil depends sorely on ones point of view, and it does NOT equal disgusting or any of those other labels they used. The fact that he turned out to have layers only cemented my opinion of him.

4.
That'd be the end of the teaser in "Out of my mind". You know, when Spike does his spiel: "I will know your blood, Slayer. … I will make your neck my chalice … and drink deep.", turns dramatically and swaggers off – right into an open grave. I just love t5hat scene, cracks me up every time. – Yeah, I know, not exactly deep or romantic or anything; but hey, I like humor.

5.
Oh my, I have to split that one I think. On the show is easy, Buffy is what I hate about their relationship. In my eyes there is simply no excuse for the way she treated him – in any of the later seasons. The "he tried to kill me" excuse just doesn't do it for me, since she did the same thing – and would have no matter how he behaved. She was nasty, abusive, cruel and heartless; and I absolutely hate it that the writers let her get away with it.
As for like – there wasn't much about their relationship on the show I liked. It was the potential of what it could have become that drew me in.

Fic is harder, as it depends on the story. I don't like it if the curse of their relationship doesn't ring true; if the authors takes them to the stage where he/she wants them without any explanation, just because they what it that way. This is most obvious when a writer wants to put smut in their story even though the time is not right yet – but hey, the readers like it and it's hot – right? NO! Something else I hate is if the characters behave unlike themselves, but that's a different question I believe. Oh, I'm also not very found of the overly romantic view many writers seem to have; terms like "soulmate" or "true love" aren't really my thing. And love at first sight? Please…
What I like is when an author used his/her fic to realize the potential of their relationship and gives me what the show refused me.

As to why I'm stuck on this ship: As I mentioned above, Spike is my favorite character and he wanted Buffy, so I want to read/write fics where he gets her.