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rionaleonhart) wrote2009-03-29 11:15 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2009-03-29 11:15 am
I Am Not Sure The Clocks Going Forward Really Merits Much Celebration.
A telephone call I just received:
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rionaleonhart: Hello?
reipan: Hi! I was just calling to ask you what time it was.
rionaleonhart: ...summertime?
reipan: Excellent! I'll talk to you later. 'Bye!
YES. THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE THE CLOCKS GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE WE ARE DORKS.
And now, after the brief respite of the past two entries, some thoughts on Derren Brown.
The problem with writing Derren Brown fanfiction is the lack of a character pool. Obviously, Derren interacts with many people in the canon, but most of these are members of the public whom he meets only once and about whom we know very little. There are a few 'characters' with whom we know he has a more sustained relationship, such as Coops and Andy Nyman, but we see him interacting with them only on brief behind-the-scenes bits and so we cannot build up a full sense of how he and they behave together. We know Derren has a boyfriend, but we do not know anything about this boyfriend; he wants to stay out of the public eye, which is perfectly understandable. I think the want of other characters is the reason there are so many crossovers on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
derrenbrownfic (there are now eighteen crossover tags, which is impressive for such a tiny fandom); we need to borrow characters from other fandoms to give Derren someone with whom to interact. Well, that and the fact that I shamelessly encourage crossovers at every opportunity.
Why, yes, I am just musing aloud on Derren Brown fanfiction in the hope that it will somehow inspire people to write some. I cannot help it. I'm hooked. He lends such a wonderful tone to everything. (Only eighteen crossover tags! We can do better than that! ALSO, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SAM WINCHESTER/DERREN BROWN OR FANFICTION ABOUT DERREN BEING A YOUNG DUMBLEDORE.)
A question about moderatingderrenbrownfic: my system when a pairing is implied or barely-there is to tag the entry with both 'gen' and 'slash', as it could appeal to fans of both. Do you think this makes sense? Is it too confusing?
(EDIT: Er, obviously this is when a slash pairing is implied. We don't have any Derren Brown hetfic yet, but I would certainly not object to some. I am oddly intrigued by the idea of Derren Brown/Fran of Final Fantasy XII, actually. Derren Brown finds himself off-balance because he does not know how to read Viera! Balthier is torn between amusement and resentment! Fran is awesome!)
rionaleonhart: Hello?reipan: Hi! I was just calling to ask you what time it was.rionaleonhart: ...summertime?reipan: Excellent! I'll talk to you later. 'Bye!YES. THIS IS HOW WE CELEBRATE THE CLOCKS GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE WE ARE DORKS.
And now, after the brief respite of the past two entries, some thoughts on Derren Brown.
The problem with writing Derren Brown fanfiction is the lack of a character pool. Obviously, Derren interacts with many people in the canon, but most of these are members of the public whom he meets only once and about whom we know very little. There are a few 'characters' with whom we know he has a more sustained relationship, such as Coops and Andy Nyman, but we see him interacting with them only on brief behind-the-scenes bits and so we cannot build up a full sense of how he and they behave together. We know Derren has a boyfriend, but we do not know anything about this boyfriend; he wants to stay out of the public eye, which is perfectly understandable. I think the want of other characters is the reason there are so many crossovers on
derrenbrownfic (there are now eighteen crossover tags, which is impressive for such a tiny fandom); we need to borrow characters from other fandoms to give Derren someone with whom to interact. Well, that and the fact that I shamelessly encourage crossovers at every opportunity.Why, yes, I am just musing aloud on Derren Brown fanfiction in the hope that it will somehow inspire people to write some. I cannot help it. I'm hooked. He lends such a wonderful tone to everything. (Only eighteen crossover tags! We can do better than that! ALSO, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SAM WINCHESTER/DERREN BROWN OR FANFICTION ABOUT DERREN BEING A YOUNG DUMBLEDORE.)
A question about moderating
derrenbrownfic: my system when a pairing is implied or barely-there is to tag the entry with both 'gen' and 'slash', as it could appeal to fans of both. Do you think this makes sense? Is it too confusing?(EDIT: Er, obviously this is when a slash pairing is implied. We don't have any Derren Brown hetfic yet, but I would certainly not object to some. I am oddly intrigued by the idea of Derren Brown/Fran of Final Fantasy XII, actually. Derren Brown finds himself off-balance because he does not know how to read Viera! Balthier is torn between amusement and resentment! Fran is awesome!)
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