Fic, or lack thereof
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innocent_lexWhat is it about some shows that spawn a thousand fic writers and others that just don't? Is it the characters? The writing? The need to fill in things that the show's writers haven't bothered to address? It's hard to miss all the SG-1 and SGA fic out there, but look for NCIS or Without A Trace and there's very little. Are those shows too perfect, the characters not interesting enough or is it that scifi tends to attract writers? (though that doesn't explain Harry Potter fans).
At this point I should mention I don't read het. It just doesn't interest me as a story. So when I talk about there being very little to read, it's possible there is het fic out there that I skip over due to complete lack of interest.
It takes me a while to get to know a show enough to want to write for it, and much, much longer to get around to actually writing. I'm in the middle of an NCIS/SG-1 crossover at the moment (well, 'in the middle' meaning I've started) as well as another SG-1 story, but there is an urge to write WAT and some pure NCIS. Also maybe a bit of West Wing. And Man From Uncle because that would be oodles of fun *g*. Still, if the world was peopled with lots of mes then there would be not a great deal of fic out there at all.
So anyway, just musing, wondering, pondering.
At this point I should mention I don't read het. It just doesn't interest me as a story. So when I talk about there being very little to read, it's possible there is het fic out there that I skip over due to complete lack of interest.
It takes me a while to get to know a show enough to want to write for it, and much, much longer to get around to actually writing. I'm in the middle of an NCIS/SG-1 crossover at the moment (well, 'in the middle' meaning I've started) as well as another SG-1 story, but there is an urge to write WAT and some pure NCIS. Also maybe a bit of West Wing. And Man From Uncle because that would be oodles of fun *g*. Still, if the world was peopled with lots of mes then there would be not a great deal of fic out there at all.
So anyway, just musing, wondering, pondering.
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Date: 2008-05-26 05:57 pm (UTC)My favourite female character would have to be Megan Reeves in Numbers, I find her delightfully written and acted.
Criminal Minds is everything that WaT could and should have been and I much, much prefer it now.
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Date: 2008-05-26 06:43 pm (UTC)I've tried Criminal Minds but it was so focussed on one bloke (yes, again it's all about a main person and other random minions) who I found really dull that I switched off. I hear it's more team focussed these days so I may give later seasons a try.
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Date: 2008-05-26 07:08 pm (UTC)I agree with you that she's a great character. Really good at her job, capable, smart, interested in one of the smartest people she's ever met and completely unconcerned at his foibles or at the fact that the relationship's going slow (i.e. not some kind of needy stereotype female character). She has so many pluses and no negatives that I can spot.
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Date: 2008-05-26 10:06 pm (UTC)Megan is the best female character on Numb3rs although Liz isn't too bad and gets better in the later seasons.
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Date: 2008-05-27 08:07 am (UTC)