OK, so this makes me want to have a conversation, but first of all, thank you. When I came across the 221b ficlet idea, I totally dug it, and just had to give it a shot. Whoever thought of it was inspired.
Re: jumping fandoms -- interesting. I've read quite a bit in some other fandoms (dueSouth and Stargate Atlantis, primarily). This happened as a result of following an author I particularly liked in Spander, which led me to SGA; and an author I particularly liked in SGA led me to ds. So these were fandoms I was introduced to solely through the fic. I've watched SGA now, and a little of ds, but in both cases, it's the fic that I find most compellling. Sherlock was also being written by an author I liked, so I got interested and actually watched the show first. I really enjoy the show, and the depth of the characters and the slashiness and the fic potential. It's also interesting to read fic in a fandom that's current -- new for me. If you're interested in reading any other Sherlock, I highly, highly recommend The Paradox Series by wordstrings. She writes a very odd and dark Sherlock, but very believable. The writing is wonderful and the story is original and engrossing and moving. I think you would appreciate it.
I also always worry about becoming insanely obsessed. But in reality, I don't think any show will ever obsess me in the same way BtVS did, and does. It touches me in a way that is unparalleled, and I don't believe I will ever feel as strongly about another fictional character as I do about Spike. The odd thing is that reading other pairings made me, especially at first, feel disloyal to S/X. Really. I know this is nuts (see above: concerns about obsessiveness).
As I mentioned in the earlier coment to sparrow, I wrote this and a ds piece because I've been so frustrated writing s/x, and I think I felt slightly less concerned about whether my non-s/x writing was actually any good. I really do have a sense in writing s/x of not wanting to let the characters down (again:crazy). I'm in a not-good writing space, where I either start things I like and abandon them because I can't figure out where they're going, or else I just can't stand anything I'm writing. Just a crappy feeling of I'll-never-get-inspired-again. So it seems easier to play around with characters when I'm less invested in the result. I've only been trying my hand at writing for a very short time. Does this feeling go away?
Anyway, sorry for the tome, but your innocent remarks about obsession and fandom-jumping got me thinking.
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Re: jumping fandoms -- interesting. I've read quite a bit in some other fandoms (dueSouth and Stargate Atlantis, primarily). This happened as a result of following an author I particularly liked in Spander, which led me to SGA; and an author I particularly liked in SGA led me to ds. So these were fandoms I was introduced to solely through the fic. I've watched SGA now, and a little of ds, but in both cases, it's the fic that I find most compellling. Sherlock was also being written by an author I liked, so I got interested and actually watched the show first. I really enjoy the show, and the depth of the characters and the slashiness and the fic potential. It's also interesting to read fic in a fandom that's current -- new for me. If you're interested in reading any other Sherlock, I highly, highly recommend The Paradox Series by wordstrings. She writes a very odd and dark Sherlock, but very believable. The writing is wonderful and the story is original and engrossing and moving. I think you would appreciate it.
I also always worry about becoming insanely obsessed. But in reality, I don't think any show will ever obsess me in the same way BtVS did, and does. It touches me in a way that is unparalleled, and I don't believe I will ever feel as strongly about another fictional character as I do about Spike. The odd thing is that reading other pairings made me, especially at first, feel disloyal to S/X. Really. I know this is nuts (see above: concerns about obsessiveness).
As I mentioned in the earlier coment to sparrow, I wrote this and a ds piece because I've been so frustrated writing s/x, and I think I felt slightly less concerned about whether my non-s/x writing was actually any good. I really do have a sense in writing s/x of not wanting to let the characters down (again:crazy). I'm in a not-good writing space, where I either start things I like and abandon them because I can't figure out where they're going, or else I just can't stand anything I'm writing. Just a crappy feeling of I'll-never-get-inspired-again. So it seems easier to play around with characters when I'm less invested in the result. I've only been trying my hand at writing for a very short time. Does this feeling go away?
Anyway, sorry for the tome, but your innocent remarks about obsession and fandom-jumping got me thinking.