I know what you mean, I tend to go with the approach that my English Lit teacher advised for essay writing. She said you could write whatever you liked as long as you could back it up. I tend to hold the same view for fanfic, even if your characterisation spun off from a single throw away line, it's just as valid as one that's been done to death. If it's based on a back story you invented because the series gave you none, it's still as valid as episode-based fic.
I suspect, for a lot of people, script writers and ficcers, it's easier to go with the flow. Characters' responses are already defined by previous actions/words so just go with that and ignore the fact that the situation might be different or the character might have evolved.
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Date: 2007-07-01 05:06 pm (UTC)I know what you mean, I tend to go with the approach that my English Lit teacher advised for essay writing. She said you could write whatever you liked as long as you could back it up. I tend to hold the same view for fanfic, even if your characterisation spun off from a single throw away line, it's just as valid as one that's been done to death. If it's based on a back story you invented because the series gave you none, it's still as valid as episode-based fic.
I suspect, for a lot of people, script writers and ficcers, it's easier to go with the flow. Characters' responses are already defined by previous actions/words so just go with that and ignore the fact that the situation might be different or the character might have evolved.