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I have truly been lured to the depths of Hades. Viz: am writing (writing! HP fic. It stole upon me quite innocently, in Ludlow Castle, in Shropshire, and it came in the form of a Karl/Dom bunny. What could be more innocuous, you might think? But within minutes it had permutated into Harry/Draco, argh, and then into Harry/someone else, and then it left Harry entirely because, guess what? I wrote several pages of this thing but couldn't find my writing feet. I thought, oh this is what it must be like to dive into a new fandom, it makes one feel untethered and nervous and slightly bored with the writing process.
But bored with the writing process? Oh no no, that must not be! So I had a major rethink, and I emailed Lazlet, and I speedread (omg, I speedread) actual canon (argh!!!!), and then I realised it was a Sue problem! Remember our discussions on the Sue? And on how important it is to know one's Sue? Well, as with my Karl/Dom epic of last year I had misidentified my Sue (only this time, thankfully, I realised within days instead of months -- therapy is evidently good for something).
So I went back to the fic, changed the pov (because I find it easier to write through my Sue than to see my Sue from the outside; Sues r focalisors!), and before I knew it, there I was: back in familiar rare-pairings territory, and I can tell you: Harry/Draco has been left long behind.
So now I'm doing research, oh yeah. I've read two books on children of high-up evil Nazi officials (to get some purchase on possible Draco-psychologies), and I've read some other stuff which I won't divulge because it'll give away the rare pairing too easily.
So has this happened to anyone else? Another fandom stealing up on you? And what did it feel like, writing that first fic on the thin ice of unfamiliarity? And I don't mean new fandom in the sense of Wainthropp-madness or Ned-Kelly-smallness. I mean new fandom as in thousands and thousands of fans and an established fanon and fps (fps!! That's a whole different canon ballgame!)
And, um, any suggestions on how to weather it?
But bored with the writing process? Oh no no, that must not be! So I had a major rethink, and I emailed Lazlet, and I speedread (omg, I speedread) actual canon (argh!!!!), and then I realised it was a Sue problem! Remember our discussions on the Sue? And on how important it is to know one's Sue? Well, as with my Karl/Dom epic of last year I had misidentified my Sue (only this time, thankfully, I realised within days instead of months -- therapy is evidently good for something).
So I went back to the fic, changed the pov (because I find it easier to write through my Sue than to see my Sue from the outside; Sues r focalisors!), and before I knew it, there I was: back in familiar rare-pairings territory, and I can tell you: Harry/Draco has been left long behind.
So now I'm doing research, oh yeah. I've read two books on children of high-up evil Nazi officials (to get some purchase on possible Draco-psychologies), and I've read some other stuff which I won't divulge because it'll give away the rare pairing too easily.
So has this happened to anyone else? Another fandom stealing up on you? And what did it feel like, writing that first fic on the thin ice of unfamiliarity? And I don't mean new fandom in the sense of Wainthropp-madness or Ned-Kelly-smallness. I mean new fandom as in thousands and thousands of fans and an established fanon and fps (fps!! That's a whole different canon ballgame!)
And, um, any suggestions on how to weather it?