*grin* I will read pretty much anything when I'm in the mood but over the top OOC tends to put me off cause I keep asking 'why didn't you just give them different names and call it original fic?' since I spend too much of my reading time getting grumpy because the characters named would not act that way in any circumstance... except kink. For me kink is game playing as much as the physical enjoyment of the kink. So Spike can call Angel daddy during sex games but I'm not so keen on it in normal interactions (especially when it comes with him crawling into Angel's lap at meetings) unless of course it is an insult. If Angel wants to wear woman's underwear (what? He might) that's fine but I couldn't imagine him wanting to go to a drag show in a dress and call himself Angela. Unless he was forced to for undercover purposes and maybe discovered he liked it but then I could only see him dressing up in the privacy of his own room and being mortified when Spike caught him. (Oooo plot bunny) Anyway... what was I saying? It's all about characterisation which I take the bulk from the show and when I deviate I like to try and make it believable. Spike isn't going to suddenly morph into William and write poems to Angel or anyone else and Angel isn't suddenly going to be caring of Spike and understanding. They grate on each other, the snark is what makes their relationship so much fun but that doesn't stop me making them fall in love *grin*
Gah! I'm babbling and now I have to go back to my WIP and check I haven't done any of what I have just railed against.
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Date: 2007-05-15 10:33 pm (UTC)I will read pretty much anything when I'm in the mood but over the top OOC tends to put me off cause I keep asking 'why didn't you just give them different names and call it original fic?' since I spend too much of my reading time getting grumpy because the characters named would not act that way in any circumstance...
except kink. For me kink is game playing as much as the physical enjoyment of the kink. So Spike can call Angel daddy during sex games but I'm not so keen on it in normal interactions (especially when it comes with him crawling into Angel's lap at meetings) unless of course it is an insult.
If Angel wants to wear woman's underwear (what? He might) that's fine but I couldn't imagine him wanting to go to a drag show in a dress and call himself Angela. Unless he was forced to for undercover purposes and maybe discovered he liked it but then I could only see him dressing up in the privacy of his own room and being mortified when Spike caught him. (Oooo plot bunny)
Anyway... what was I saying?
It's all about characterisation which I take the bulk from the show and when I deviate I like to try and make it believable. Spike isn't going to suddenly morph into William and write poems to Angel or anyone else and Angel isn't suddenly going to be caring of Spike and understanding. They grate on each other, the snark is what makes their relationship so much fun but that doesn't stop me making them fall in love *grin*
Gah! I'm babbling and now I have to go back to my WIP and check I haven't done any of what I have just railed against.