2. Heh -- Rona was my favorite Potential, because I found her attitude easiest to grok. I wouldn't suggest this if you hadn't said you wanted to do something about it, and you've probably already thought of it, but: rethinking scenes from a character's perspective usually helps me sympathize with them. (So does writing fic from their perspective.) Especially when I focus on what they know and don't know -- f'rex, we don't know that Rona even had a Watcher; she might still have been adjusting to the idea that vampires are real, and we have no idea what she was told about Buffy prior to showing up at the Summers house. (Considering Buffy's rep, there's a lot of possibilities . . .)
Of course this might not have worked for you with Rona, especially if she actives irritates you, but it helps me out a lot in general with characters I tend to unconsciously flag as "not relevant to my interests" and unintentionally ignore.
(And it helps me to remember that fandom really directs my attention, and to keep an eye on how. When I first watched Firefly I was totally crushing on Zoe and waiting for her episode, but since I rarely read Firefly fic and watch a lot of Firefly vids, I keep being reminded of Mal and River, and virtually never of Zoe, who doesn't have enough footage or enough of a personal arc to vid easily. If the people I read are constantly talking about and analyzing and writing about a character, they're going to take up more of my attention than characters who collect fandom dust, so I have to deliberately seek out reminders.)
I've been thinking along some related lines myself lately, so pardon the tl;dr. *g*
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Date: 2007-08-14 02:23 am (UTC)Of course this might not have worked for you with Rona, especially if she actives irritates you, but it helps me out a lot in general with characters I tend to unconsciously flag as "not relevant to my interests" and unintentionally ignore.
(And it helps me to remember that fandom really directs my attention, and to keep an eye on how. When I first watched Firefly I was totally crushing on Zoe and waiting for her episode, but since I rarely read Firefly fic and watch a lot of Firefly vids, I keep being reminded of Mal and River, and virtually never of Zoe, who doesn't have enough footage or enough of a personal arc to vid easily. If the people I read are constantly talking about and analyzing and writing about a character, they're going to take up more of my attention than characters who collect fandom dust, so I have to deliberately seek out reminders.)
I've been thinking along some related lines myself lately, so pardon the tl;dr. *g*