This Is So Nifty!

[ithildin]

Years ago, I started something called OFC Pride!. It was popular for the first few years, then sort of died out. Yesterday, Becca popped in and was using one of the buttons I'd made as an icon. Imagine my surprise! Then she reccomended a few communities I might be interested in, including this one. So today, I went and checked it out, and come to find they have a link to my OFC Pride site! How nifty is that? Okay, yes, I'm easily amused :) But it's kewl to me, so there!

Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Viv, yep :) Never understood it myself. I'm all for everyone being allowed to enjoy whatever aspect of fandom/fic they care to. I'm not making anyone read my fic, so get a life already! But this is why fandom can be a real love/hate relationship.

[captnofmyheart.livejournal.com]

Way I see it...is that it's like playing dolls...

Now, of course, *some* people do really PERVERTED things with their dolls!!!

But dang, just because Im a housewife/mom/much too old to be doing child's play doesnt mean I can't sit and pretend Im someone else for a while...

Oh wait...I think thats called acting??? And people pay to see that sort of thing dont they...

Why do those who hate OC go to movies again...????

sarcasm /Off

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting way to look at it. My characters aren't me, but I'm sure aspects of me drift in. But creating an OC for fanfic isn't any different a process for me than the ones I've created for my original stories. The show or movie that I start out with is more of a framework than anything. A place to be creative, and for me, that includes original characters. Duncan and Methos are good examples I think. In the show, there were plenty of women created for Duncan to be paired with, so I've never felt the need to create an OFC in relation to any fic I've written with him in it. Methos is another story entirely. In the present day, he got Aelxa, and then she died. So there's lots of empty space to work with, and I do! Happily :)