Meme responses for slaymesoftly

[garnigal]

Spike - I came for the cute and stayed for the character development. I've watched James in other things, and he loves the camera and the camera loves him, but I've never seen him give a role so much depth as Spike.

Mal - Oh Captain my Captain. Mal is damaged in all the right ways for me. He's driven by so many different, sometimes conflicting, needs and desires. Greed, grief, honour, pride, idealism... it makes him a complex character to write and makes him malleable in many situations. And he's not bad to fantasize about either. :)

Writing - I consider myself a writer. I don't feel right if I haven't got a plot in my mind or on paper. That said, I haven't been writing lately, and I really need to get back to it. I've wanted to be a writer since I figured out that someone wrote the stories I love, but I need to work on my butt in chair-ness.

Fandom - Fandom is all about people for me. Yes, I try to know canon, I try to be the person who can answer what episode did x happen in, who said y, but when it comes down to fandom, it's about finding people to talk about shows with, to share what it means to us on a deeper level and to hopefully get some new great shows to watch out of the conversation.

Friendships - Friendships are really important to me, but I'm not very good at making or keeping friends. I get caught up in stuff, and feel guilty about not contacting people regularly, until it feels too hard to call them at all. I do have a few close friends, and this wedding stuff showed both Derek and I just how many people there are out there who care about us. Hopefully, it will remind me to keep in touch with them more regularly.

Comments

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

I came for the cute and stayed for the character development
Exactly! Well put.

Do you consider your online friends "real" friends? Just curious.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Of course, I have varying degrees of closeness with online friends. Some of them I would (and have) asked to share rooms at a con, and some I wouldn't. :) Some I've invited to my house, and some I haven't.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

*nods* sounds about right. :)

[jerusha]

I know what you mean about friendships. It can be really hard to make or keep up with friends, even when those folks are important to you. I've realized that myself recently.