A Question.

[kungfuwaynewho]

What are people's thoughts on Real Person Fiction?  Have you read any of it?  Does the very idea of RPF squick you out?  Do you think less of a writer who tries her hand at RPF?  Is there some RPF pairing you would want to read or even write but don't?  Do you have an unabashed love of RPF (and don't care who frakking knows)?

I'm not saying yet why I'm asking!  But I am curious.

Comments

[hollywobbles.livejournal.com]

Although frankly, one of the reasons I haven't seriously considered starting to write myself is that I can never think of anything to write about. So this may never actually turn into anything. But I'll think about it.

Parameters? Length? Canon vs. A/U? Fluff vs. seriousness?

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

You know, that's the reason I never wrote fic before, either. I just never really had a compelling story/reason to sit down and do it. I still don't quite know what it was about Babylon 5 that hit me in that way; and shit, dude, have I written a lot of fanfiction for that show. It's kinda sad. I could have written a book by now.

Like I said, whatever you want! You don't have to give me a detailed prompt if you don't want; it can just be something like "Bill and Laura, season three, when they were being all flirty about cabins and shit." Or whatever. I'm easy.

[hollywobbles.livejournal.com]

I think that's why I've stuck to smutty fluff, even though by definition it's always a little out of character. I like reading about the two of them being happy and getting more of a chance at schnuggles, but bsg as a serious story just doesn't leave me wanting more, the one exception being the whole "LAURA IS THE DYING LEADER WHO SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE OPERA HOUSE except oh wait, we'll just shunt her epic religous fateful storyline off to the side unresolved in favor of Kara's, and settle the question of the opera house by having the characters in question just happen to run into each other in cic during a battle one day, la di da" thing. Which bugs me, um, obviously, but would take kind of an epic chapter fic to correct, and probably more talent and dedication than I possess.

Anyway. Yes. I'll think on it.