Ask "why?"

[veronica_rich]

For a friend in POTC fandom who has been asking me of late, "Why can't we ask why anymore?" - here's a chance to ask "why?" At least about fanfic. For anyone seeing this.

If you have any questions about any story I've written, go ahead and ask me. It can be "where'd you get that idea?" or "why the hell did you do that?" Or any variation thereof. If you don't like something and are curious, ask. To be honest, I can't promise I'll be able to answer - if it's been long enough, I may just not remember - but I'll try. All I ask is that you be civil.

(My stories are among Memories here and here. These are all ratings, including NC-17/M, so please be of age to read these.)

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I used to actually feel like I "heard" Jack better than I do now, which just goes to show you shouldn't be too confident about anything, I think. :-) Still, if you think Contradictions was OK, it makes me happy.

As far as writing them now, I believe I think more about their reactions than I used to - lines of dialogue, expressions, actions. Not every single one, but enough that I've erased entire passages and started over if it felt "blech." I think a little OOC is going to happen just because I'm writing J/W and that's not a canon relationship, but I don't mind a little OOC in my reading, so I figure it's normal for writing, too. I honestly don't think much about the historical time period - I think if I get anything right, it's just because I've read so much other stuff better researchers have written (I do minimal research) and sort of go off that. I also try to stick to really general descriptions of land and nautical things, you may notice.

As for the last two things - I'm not in a romantic relationship, I haven't been for a long time. I watch people though, and sort of go off what I see there. I also have an abnormally high number of people who want to tell me the problems they have in their relationships - I don't know if that's normal for single people to hear or not, LOL. (I don't mean really bad problems, just normal things that drive them crazy.) But people period, it's sort of my job to watch how they act and try to figure out if they're telling me what I need to know - I don't always get it right, but often enough that I feel good about being able to guess them sometimes.

Anyway, I don't know if this answered anything, but you made me feel good by asking. :-)