Well I'm glad being my sounding board qualifies as a "joy" rather than "omg, she's whoring her fic at me again"
I like this sort of memes fascinating too, though it always feels a little masturbatory.
Good questions. I think it's more to do with the fact that there are parts of myself that I use for writing any character. Fanfic is about reinterpreting the text, and as such reshaping the characters into what could be, seeing things from a slightly different angle.
With opposite characters it is about seeing different parts of myself, or sort of possibilities of different parts of myself (if that makes sense), in them. With Much for example, I can write him as very in-charge, take-what-i-want of I can write him as self-sacrificing and self-deprecating, and I can relate to both, because there's a potential for and experience of both in me... Wow, does that make any sense?
I don't character's likeness to me has much to whether or not I'm attracted enough to write them. There are exceptions. E.g. I like Rodney McKay because of the whole strong academic background thing that I can relate to (even though mine is in "fluffy social sciences" that Rodney would scoff at) plus with him, like all SGA characters there's the "far from home" thing that resonates. toppy!Sam or toppy!Patrick appeal to me for probably obvious reasons.
However, in general I think it's more the case of adding something of myself to the characters. E.g. Ash is certainly coming more and more like I would like to be if I was half as cool... *gg*
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I like this sort of memes fascinating too, though it always feels a little masturbatory.
Good questions. I think it's more to do with the fact that there are parts of myself that I use for writing any character. Fanfic is about reinterpreting the text, and as such reshaping the characters into what could be, seeing things from a slightly different angle.
With opposite characters it is about seeing different parts of myself, or sort of possibilities of different parts of myself (if that makes sense), in them. With Much for example, I can write him as very in-charge, take-what-i-want of I can write him as self-sacrificing and self-deprecating, and I can relate to both, because there's a potential for and experience of both in me... Wow, does that make any sense?
I don't character's likeness to me has much to whether or not I'm attracted enough to write them. There are exceptions. E.g. I like Rodney McKay because of the whole strong academic background thing that I can relate to (even though mine is in "fluffy social sciences" that Rodney would scoff at) plus with him, like all SGA characters there's the "far from home" thing that resonates. toppy!Sam or toppy!Patrick appeal to me for probably obvious reasons.
However, in general I think it's more the case of adding something of myself to the characters. E.g. Ash is certainly coming more and more like I would like to be if I was half as cool... *gg*