How do people feel about using fanon? For instance, some fic writers use the name "O'Connor" for Liam (mostly in all-human AUs, which I don't really read, but whatever). Do you frown upon writers who use this name? Does it throw you off when writers don't use this name? Do you yourself consciously just avoid ever getting anywhere near the characters' surnames just to avoid the issue?
So many thigs seem to be classed as 'fact' but are in fact just 'details' invented by the fans. O'Connor is one of these - it invaraiably makes me wince, and I can't help thinking, "make your own up, for goodness sake…" but it doesn't throw me that much once I've got over the initial ouch.
-From where did O'Connor-as-Liam's-surname originate, anyway?
Fiction
-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?
This one drives me nuts, and I've asked this on the forum.
-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde? I.e., is her altar of love, her carnal trap, her eye that weeps most when best pleased, her bearded clam, her garden of eden, her nest of curls blonde in most fics? What? Just asking.
Excuse me? Um… she's shaved, isn't she?
-Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?
Who cares, as long as it's the size of the Royal barge…
-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?
Must be one somewhere.
General again
-Do vampires sweat?
Angel does - all over the place.
-What're some (slang) words for the dominant partner in a D/s relationship? I.e., some for the sub are: bitch, punk, sister (in prison), et al. I've just been drawing blank on their counterparts for about a week, now.
Well, particapants in this choose their own, so it can be anything. But common ones are: Sir, Daddy, Master.
-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?
Well, he's got more money than me, so I'm saying nothing!
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So many thigs seem to be classed as 'fact' but are in fact just 'details' invented by the fans. O'Connor is one of these - it invaraiably makes me wince, and I can't help thinking, "make your own up, for goodness sake…" but it doesn't throw me that much once I've got over the initial ouch.
-From where did O'Connor-as-Liam's-surname originate, anyway?
Fiction
-Buffy smells like vanilla in a lot of fics. What's up with that?
This one drives me nuts, and I've asked this on the forum.
-Does canon make Buffy out to be a natural blonde? I.e., is her altar of love, her carnal trap, her eye that weeps most when best pleased, her bearded clam, her garden of eden, her nest of curls blonde in most fics? What? Just asking.
Excuse me? Um… she's shaved, isn't she?
-Is there a generally accepted explanation for how vampires get it up?
Who cares, as long as it's the size of the Royal barge…
-Is Andrew ever a heterosexual in fics?
Must be one somewhere.
General again
-Do vampires sweat?
Angel does - all over the place.
-What're some (slang) words for the dominant partner in a D/s relationship? I.e., some for the sub are: bitch, punk, sister (in prison), et al. I've just been drawing blank on their counterparts for about a week, now.
Well, particapants in this choose their own, so it can be anything. But common ones are: Sir, Daddy, Master.
-What is the IQ of David Boreanaz? Is it really as low as it seems sometimes?
Well, he's got more money than me, so I'm saying nothing!