That Interview Meme
Nov. 2nd, 2005 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alixtiiThe rules:
1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.
3. You'll update your LJ with the five questions answered.
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed. And it just keeps going, and going, and going. [At least until it hits a memetic dead-end. I mean that's the entire point of memes, nyet? That they disperse through the meme pool, reproducing themselves?--Ed.]
My answers, along with the questions that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
karabair asked me:
1. What character/pairing/event, etc first drew you into writing fic?
In a grand sense, Capt. Kathryn Janeway, many many years ago. But when I was still young I swore off fanfiction. Then I had this plotbunny about Drusilla getting a soul and I got caught up in it again...and you know the rest of the story.
So Drusilla. I'd have to say Drusilla.
2. How do you feel about being in a gender-minority on LJ/fandom in general?
I cherish the opportunity and hope it reminds me not to ignore my white het male privelege in RL. I've always felt more comfortable in the presence of women, and a lot of the values of fandom are my values as opposed to those of a machismo-driven world. Sure there are plenty of times when I feel invisible, when people are forgetting my needs and desires, etc. and I think those are experiences every male should have: the world would be a better place. But I've never felt unwelcome, so I certainly can't complain.
3. What's the first book you read that you wish you had written?
Eek! The first? No clue.
4. Which of the potentials do you think was going to be the next Slayer, if not for Willow's spell?
Well, I never honestly believed Faith would die, honestly. I sort of hoped Buffy would, but that's a different matter. And I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be thinking liek a fanfic writer, deducing from the aspects of the universe (in which case I don't think there's any evidence), or more like a literary critic, trying to second-guess Joss (which I couldn't do either). I liked Amanda, Kennedy, and Molly, so I wouldn't have minded if any of them became Slayer, and I wouldn't have wanted Rona to become the Slayer. But, honestly? If it wasn't Willow's spell, there would have been something else out of left field happening, because we're talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here.
It's sort of like before when you asked "barring act of Joss" and I was "bwah?"
5. If Drusilla had been around for OMWF, what would her song have been like?
spikendru and paynbow might remember my discussing this over at the old City of Angel boards. I wanted her to sing "The Insane Song" and I think it was paynbow who suggested it might be similar in some way to "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. I also wanted Lilah to sing "So Sue Me, I'm Evil" which we all agreed would be a big brass-band number.
My one worry, though, was that Juliet Landau might not be able to keep her Drusilla voice while singing. (Which was one of the reasons why a "My Favorite Things"-type piece would be good, because then she'd be able to speak on pitch.) Of course, I saw Angela Christian (also American) pull it off beautifully in ALW's The Woman in White (when I saw that show in London last year), where she played a different insane British woman, but Juliet's recieved somewhat different training.
Also, because I honestly felt guilty not following this next meme to the letter. Gakked fromjanedavitt:
1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.
3. You'll update your LJ with the five questions answered.
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed. And it just keeps going, and going, and going. [At least until it hits a memetic dead-end. I mean that's the entire point of memes, nyet? That they disperse through the meme pool, reproducing themselves?--Ed.]
My answers, along with the questions that
karabair asked me:1. What character/pairing/event, etc first drew you into writing fic?
In a grand sense, Capt. Kathryn Janeway, many many years ago. But when I was still young I swore off fanfiction. Then I had this plotbunny about Drusilla getting a soul and I got caught up in it again...and you know the rest of the story.
So Drusilla. I'd have to say Drusilla.
2. How do you feel about being in a gender-minority on LJ/fandom in general?
I cherish the opportunity and hope it reminds me not to ignore my white het male privelege in RL. I've always felt more comfortable in the presence of women, and a lot of the values of fandom are my values as opposed to those of a machismo-driven world. Sure there are plenty of times when I feel invisible, when people are forgetting my needs and desires, etc. and I think those are experiences every male should have: the world would be a better place. But I've never felt unwelcome, so I certainly can't complain.
3. What's the first book you read that you wish you had written?
Eek! The first? No clue.
4. Which of the potentials do you think was going to be the next Slayer, if not for Willow's spell?
Well, I never honestly believed Faith would die, honestly. I sort of hoped Buffy would, but that's a different matter. And I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be thinking liek a fanfic writer, deducing from the aspects of the universe (in which case I don't think there's any evidence), or more like a literary critic, trying to second-guess Joss (which I couldn't do either). I liked Amanda, Kennedy, and Molly, so I wouldn't have minded if any of them became Slayer, and I wouldn't have wanted Rona to become the Slayer. But, honestly? If it wasn't Willow's spell, there would have been something else out of left field happening, because we're talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here.
It's sort of like before when you asked "barring act of Joss" and I was "bwah?"
5. If Drusilla had been around for OMWF, what would her song have been like?
spikendru and paynbow might remember my discussing this over at the old City of Angel boards. I wanted her to sing "The Insane Song" and I think it was paynbow who suggested it might be similar in some way to "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. I also wanted Lilah to sing "So Sue Me, I'm Evil" which we all agreed would be a big brass-band number.My one worry, though, was that Juliet Landau might not be able to keep her Drusilla voice while singing. (Which was one of the reasons why a "My Favorite Things"-type piece would be good, because then she'd be able to speak on pitch.) Of course, I saw Angela Christian (also American) pull it off beautifully in ALW's The Woman in White (when I saw that show in London last year), where she played a different insane British woman, but Juliet's recieved somewhat different training.
Also, because I honestly felt guilty not following this next meme to the letter. Gakked from
janedavitt:If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want--good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or moritified) about what people remember about you.It's just so pleading, so pouty, so whiny . . . I dutifully obeyed.
