Thank you! I always envy people's ability to be so specific in these essays--your points are so clear and well thought out. Very impressive.
Wow, thank you! I was nervous that I would be too wordy and rambling.
he's an incredibly manipulative bastard when he wants to be (and I say that with great affection, as his manipulation is never maliciously meant
Yes. I LOVE that.
Also, I wanted to throw in that Fraser dialogue/POV is actually very cool to me in that it allows you a bit more poetic use of language, which is nice, sometimes. Of course, that can go too far, but I never have to stop and go, "hmm, would Fraser know that word?" because of course he does, and probably the whole etymology of it, too. :)
Writing Fraser is fun because I get to use words like adjunct and obtuse and iconoclastic if I want without sounding silly. Watching Fraser is fun because I get to watch him say stuff like that. Paul Gross does consonants better than anyone, and all. :)
(And I'd be willing to attempt a "Writing Vecchio" post at some point (in my own LJ, if not here)
That would be great! I LOVE Vecchio, but when I try to write him I can't get the voice right. I've written one Vecchio-centric fic and it has no dialogue. Next time I'll have to try to throw some in.
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Wow, thank you! I was nervous that I would be too wordy and rambling.
he's an incredibly manipulative bastard when he wants to be (and I say that with great affection, as his manipulation is never maliciously meant
Yes. I LOVE that.
Also, I wanted to throw in that Fraser dialogue/POV is actually very cool to me in that it allows you a bit more poetic use of language, which is nice, sometimes. Of course, that can go too far, but I never have to stop and go, "hmm, would Fraser know that word?" because of course he does, and probably the whole etymology of it, too. :)
Writing Fraser is fun because I get to use words like adjunct and obtuse and iconoclastic if I want without sounding silly. Watching Fraser is fun because I get to watch him say stuff like that. Paul Gross does consonants better than anyone, and all. :)
(And I'd be willing to attempt a "Writing Vecchio" post at some point (in my own LJ, if not here)
That would be great! I LOVE Vecchio, but when I try to write him I can't get the voice right. I've written one Vecchio-centric fic and it has no dialogue. Next time I'll have to try to throw some in.
Thanks so much for the kind words. :D