You've made me think about what I write and I've just realised that, generally speaking, when I write fanfiction I write mostly about male characters, but when I write original fiction I write about women.
I think this may be because I'm interested in female characters, but in the fandoms I've been in so far nearly all the female characters are more peripheral than the males and heavily defined by their relationships with the male characters. So I think it must make them less interesting to me. Whereas when I write my own stuff whatever character I write is automatically more interesting ;-)
Possibly that's it, anyway. This is clearly something I need to think about more.
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You've made me think about what I write and I've just realised that, generally speaking, when I write fanfiction I write mostly about male characters, but when I write original fiction I write about women.
I think this may be because I'm interested in female characters, but in the fandoms I've been in so far nearly all the female characters are more peripheral than the males and heavily defined by their relationships with the male characters. So I think it must make them less interesting to me. Whereas when I write my own stuff whatever character I write is automatically more interesting ;-)
Possibly that's it, anyway. This is clearly something I need to think about more.