Reading and Writing, Weekend October 24–27

[scribblemyname]

This entry is part 23 of 23 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

So playing total catch-up here (I know, I know). On Thursday, I managed to write some at the end in the Justus POV fic of "Its Own Absolution" due to a wonderful antagonists prompt from in_the_blue. It gave me a good headstart. I percolated a lot on Sabbath about it, but didn't turn that sketch into fic until Sunday, and awkward fic at that.

Somewhere in there, I also sketched down some other stuff and have started to rethink my approach to this collaboration. I need something that doesn't fit easily into worldbuilding I've already done for any other story. It's not fair to thecatisacritic.

Also, trovia got me off on an amazing Avengers fanfic novel (I'm a sucker for brothers), so there's that. It took time to read and was good for when I was feeling totally bleh on the mental front.

To the counts:

October 24, 2013

• Fiction: 1041 words - Month to Date: 29,911 words
• Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
• Nonfiction: 48 words - Month to Date: 362 words

October 26, 2013

• Fiction: 180 words - Month to Date: 30,091 words
• Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
• Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

October 27, 2013

• Fiction: 1139 words - Month to Date: 31,230 words
• Blog: 0 words - Month to Date: 8,803 words
• Nonfiction: 0 words - Month to Date: 362 words

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Comments

[scribblemyname]

True. But that IS vigilantism. Superheros are all vigilantes unless they are part of the government. Which is why I thought of the idea once: seriously, why does anyone with special abilities have to go do law enforcement/vigilante/operative/detective work?

Not saying we should run with it; just thought I'd toss in the brainstorm pool.

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

True, I guess.

I think they end up doing it because otherwise the morality of it is "wrong." Fracture and Recall had the conversation about the idea of him leaving the agency and how he couldn't settle into a normal life with his ability because he wasn't normal, he was denying what he was if he did, and it was like some kind of abuse if he did use his ability for his own gain in some measure. So they end up heroes because they have those gifts. Otherwise, they seem "selfish."

[scribblemyname]

I can see that way of thinking; I just don't agree with it (Not yours, the characters). No one is required to go save the world just because they can. It's only in fiction that they always do or are interested in being all villainously selfish. I can't help but think most people with a limited gift would just want to LIVE, and that's always been more interesting to me, to be honest. I'm more fascinated about the interpersonal relationships of my characters than the work they do, which is why I thought of can't somebody start some sort of reconditioning for all those vigilante superheros the way they do for military returning to civilian life?

Ah, well. I know I'm odd. :shakes head at self:

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

I don't think all of them are interested in being selfish if they're not heroes. Most of the time, they didn't ask to be what they are, so they would like to be normal and just live their lives.

Recall would like to be normal, but she is caught up with Fracture, so she is a reluctant hero/agent, and Cress and the others did want their own lives all settled, that was what he kept trying to work for and failed to get for them.

They could probably use that rehabilitation, the Incredibles kind of deals with that, to a point, but they end up back as heroes, so... Most people don't seem to want to see that.

[scribblemyname]

That's why I said not your thinking so much, characters who feel that way and fiction in general. I don't think it's necessarily readers who don't want to see it (behold! domestic fanfiction), but rather big media. :shrugs: But that's just my opinion.

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

I always think of that line in Spiderman. It kind of sums up the whole attitude: "With great power comes great responsibility."

It's like: you have abilities most don't, so you have to take responsibilities that others wouldn't.

Being a hero sells, so big media would sell it. They won't sell domestic stories because that's too close to the lives people already lead, so who cares? Obviously people do, but for those concerned with money, it's got to be what sells.

They do like the angst of superheroes wishing they were normal, but even when they lose powers they don't seem to be content being normal. They have to go back to being a hero somehow.

[scribblemyname]

The problem is they never took the time to trial and error a domestic that worked. They only tried one and it was very retro music scene, so it only appealed to niche and got nixed. I don't play to sales. I'm a fangirl, so yeah, I want to write what I fangirl.

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

I started in fanfiction because I was tired of the characters being forced apart for ratings reasons, and I wanted to show that it could work if that mindset was thrown out the window. It always did for me, but the people who make the decisions about stuff just don't seem to realize that there is a huge market of people who want to see the characters happy (in a relationship or not) and keep writing things that create more of a need for fanfiction.