When you talk about trends. It might be phrasing, but it often does come across as, "oh, those crazy LoM fen, look at them now." A type of anthropological study. In some ways, it does seem like you're divorcing yourself from the fandom and looking from the outside in, which I don't think is right. You're one of us.
How? (Possibly I'm being horribly dense here...)
Well, you often say you're highly uncomfortable about the fact many LoMfans wax lyrical about the ending, but, let's face it, many more hardcore fans have a level of criticism about it --- and like I said way back when, the people who love it often love their own interpretation that doesn't fit with Matt's, or yours, or mine. (That green versus blue sky thing... the people who see it one way really are wearing tinted glasses, and I do not blame them one bit.)
I can't say anything about Prozzie!Sam, but I can safely say that SerialKiller!Sam was all about taking three specific elements of Sam's character, focussing on them, and rearranging them (his madness, his attention to detail, his dedication.)
I'm not saying that this is Sam, I'm saying, "what if?" So it's a different headspace, definitely. And,... uh, crack is all about the "what if?" of fiction. "What if Sam imagined him and Gene as Camberwick Green puppets?", "What if Sam was plagued by the Test Card Girl?."
It doesn't have to interest you, I don't mind that at all. However, I do think you notice the crack more because it's not your style --- kind of like I notice the lovey dovey fluff (when I'm not writing it), because it's (usually) not mine.
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Re: I wasn't actually generalising.
Date: 2008-02-20 02:05 pm (UTC)When you talk about trends. It might be phrasing, but it often does come across as, "oh, those crazy LoM fen, look at them now." A type of anthropological study. In some ways, it does seem like you're divorcing yourself from the fandom and looking from the outside in, which I don't think is right. You're one of us.
How? (Possibly I'm being horribly dense here...)
Well, you often say you're highly uncomfortable about the fact many LoMfans wax lyrical about the ending, but, let's face it, many more hardcore fans have a level of criticism about it --- and like I said way back when, the people who love it often love their own interpretation that doesn't fit with Matt's, or yours, or mine. (That green versus blue sky thing... the people who see it one way really are wearing tinted glasses, and I do not blame them one bit.)
I can't say anything about Prozzie!Sam, but I can safely say that SerialKiller!Sam was all about taking three specific elements of Sam's character, focussing on them, and rearranging them (his madness, his attention to detail, his dedication.)
I'm not saying that this is Sam, I'm saying, "what if?" So it's a different headspace, definitely. And,... uh, crack is all about the "what if?" of fiction. "What if Sam imagined him and Gene as Camberwick Green puppets?", "What if Sam was plagued by the Test Card Girl?."
It doesn't have to interest you, I don't mind that at all. However, I do think you notice the crack more because it's not your style --- kind of like I notice the lovey dovey fluff (when I'm not writing it), because it's (usually) not mine.