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caras_galadhon asked me.
Do you think LotR fandom will still hold it's appeal for you once RotK is released and the fandom begins to return to its slower, pre-movie status, or will you be looking for a new sandbox to play in? Why or why not?
Sure. I loved the trilogy long before there were any films, and I'll continue to love it long after. I'll still have multiple copies of the trilogy and the books about the films and the magazine about the films and all the assorted LOTR stuff I've accumulated lurking about my apartment. None of that is going to change. I'll still be rereading the books, rewatching the films. That's not going to change either. I can't say that I won't also write in other fandoms (I've already got some new sandboxes scoped out as I anticipate following some of the LOTR actors to new projects.), but I do that now, so once again, not a big change.
I think that after the DVD's for the last film come out, people will start migrating to greener pastures, especially the movieverse-only fans. In some cases, that might not be a bad thing. If the fandom is smaller and more cozy, I'm fine with that. However, the DVD's will be out there, and there will also be new people who start writing LotR fics.
Unless the fandom changes so radically that I don't want to be a part of it anymore, I can't see myself abandoning it.
From all your own original fiction, finished and unfinished, which world/novel would you most like to live in (as yourself, not one of your characters), given the chance? Why?
I'd most like to live in the world of the novel I'm writing now. It's a contemporary fantasy, so I can still have my PC, DVD's, and PS2; indoor plumbing; central air; modern creature comforts. But it also has magic, and while most magics are worked by people who aren't entirely human, there are some magics that are only available to those who are fully human. Like me (least most of the time).
If you had the chance, would you erase all memory of an event in your life that you found unbearable? The codicil is that in erasing it, you'll lose half of any other associated memories of people/events. Not all associated memories, mind you, just a randomly determined half.
No. One of the worst things that I had to endure so far is the death of my father, and I wouldn't want to forget that if I meant forgetting half of other memories of him, even if they were just the bad memories. That would alter who he was as a person, at least to me. What if my feelings for him changed, became diminished? What if the most precious memories I have were the ones that were lost?
We are the sum total of our experiences, good and bad; we're defined by the scars we carry. Start stripping those scars away, and you alter the person wearing them. I'm reminded of Neil Gaiman's "Murder Mysteries" where the angel Raguel causes the nameless narrator to forget the triple murder he has just committed. The story is set ten years after the murders and the man isn't on death row; he's a suburbanite with a nice family and the sense that he lost something during a trip to Los Angeles.
Raguel himself is given the choice to forget an execution he carried out in fulfilling his purpose as Vengence of the Lord. Even though he tells God that He "leave[s] blood on his instruments," Raguel rejects the forgetfulness that God offers him, because by forgetting what he has done, he will forget what he has learned about the nature of God. When Raguel chooses to remember, we are glad.
Nope, the price for a momentary easing of pain (because other bad things are going to happen) is too high. Too high by far.
Which of your Aragorn-length list of nicknames is your favourite? Why?
I'm fond of them all, but I'm most fond of the Wicked Sister one. While the First Among Fishes and Queen of Fucked Up Shit are nice, they're a little lonely in their loftiness. Having sisters is much more fun than having subjects.
You get to talk to one published author (alive or dead) and tell them not only how much you dislike their writing, but how to fix it. They will take your criticism with good humour and will immediately rewrite and reissue one novel according to your suggestions. Who is the author,and which novel will you be insisting they fix? Why?
This one is hard because most things that I hate, I really hate, hate tothe point that the only change that could make the book bearable would be an entire rewrite. However, while Wordsworth's Prelude was painful for me to read, there were a few glimmers of light in it. So my suggestion to Bill: add faeries. I'd be more interested in spots of time and sublimity if there were faeries instead of the interminable political passages. Now, I'm not talking those precious, cherubic little sprites. No, I want those fierce, somewhat frightening faeries. Oh, and I'd like hot faerie sex too. That would be most sublime. ^_^
And yes, I'm still working on those last two questions fromeurgeht. However, I have sent him some questions to mull over in return.
caras_galadhon asked me.Do you think LotR fandom will still hold it's appeal for you once RotK is released and the fandom begins to return to its slower, pre-movie status, or will you be looking for a new sandbox to play in? Why or why not?
Sure. I loved the trilogy long before there were any films, and I'll continue to love it long after. I'll still have multiple copies of the trilogy and the books about the films and the magazine about the films and all the assorted LOTR stuff I've accumulated lurking about my apartment. None of that is going to change. I'll still be rereading the books, rewatching the films. That's not going to change either. I can't say that I won't also write in other fandoms (I've already got some new sandboxes scoped out as I anticipate following some of the LOTR actors to new projects.), but I do that now, so once again, not a big change.
I think that after the DVD's for the last film come out, people will start migrating to greener pastures, especially the movieverse-only fans. In some cases, that might not be a bad thing. If the fandom is smaller and more cozy, I'm fine with that. However, the DVD's will be out there, and there will also be new people who start writing LotR fics.
Unless the fandom changes so radically that I don't want to be a part of it anymore, I can't see myself abandoning it.
From all your own original fiction, finished and unfinished, which world/novel would you most like to live in (as yourself, not one of your characters), given the chance? Why?
I'd most like to live in the world of the novel I'm writing now. It's a contemporary fantasy, so I can still have my PC, DVD's, and PS2; indoor plumbing; central air; modern creature comforts. But it also has magic, and while most magics are worked by people who aren't entirely human, there are some magics that are only available to those who are fully human. Like me (least most of the time).
If you had the chance, would you erase all memory of an event in your life that you found unbearable? The codicil is that in erasing it, you'll lose half of any other associated memories of people/events. Not all associated memories, mind you, just a randomly determined half.
No. One of the worst things that I had to endure so far is the death of my father, and I wouldn't want to forget that if I meant forgetting half of other memories of him, even if they were just the bad memories. That would alter who he was as a person, at least to me. What if my feelings for him changed, became diminished? What if the most precious memories I have were the ones that were lost?
We are the sum total of our experiences, good and bad; we're defined by the scars we carry. Start stripping those scars away, and you alter the person wearing them. I'm reminded of Neil Gaiman's "Murder Mysteries" where the angel Raguel causes the nameless narrator to forget the triple murder he has just committed. The story is set ten years after the murders and the man isn't on death row; he's a suburbanite with a nice family and the sense that he lost something during a trip to Los Angeles.
Raguel himself is given the choice to forget an execution he carried out in fulfilling his purpose as Vengence of the Lord. Even though he tells God that He "leave[s] blood on his instruments," Raguel rejects the forgetfulness that God offers him, because by forgetting what he has done, he will forget what he has learned about the nature of God. When Raguel chooses to remember, we are glad.
Nope, the price for a momentary easing of pain (because other bad things are going to happen) is too high. Too high by far.
Which of your Aragorn-length list of nicknames is your favourite? Why?
I'm fond of them all, but I'm most fond of the Wicked Sister one. While the First Among Fishes and Queen of Fucked Up Shit are nice, they're a little lonely in their loftiness. Having sisters is much more fun than having subjects.
You get to talk to one published author (alive or dead) and tell them not only how much you dislike their writing, but how to fix it. They will take your criticism with good humour and will immediately rewrite and reissue one novel according to your suggestions. Who is the author,and which novel will you be insisting they fix? Why?
This one is hard because most things that I hate, I really hate, hate tothe point that the only change that could make the book bearable would be an entire rewrite. However, while Wordsworth's Prelude was painful for me to read, there were a few glimmers of light in it. So my suggestion to Bill: add faeries. I'd be more interested in spots of time and sublimity if there were faeries instead of the interminable political passages. Now, I'm not talking those precious, cherubic little sprites. No, I want those fierce, somewhat frightening faeries. Oh, and I'd like hot faerie sex too. That would be most sublime. ^_^
And yes, I'm still working on those last two questions from
eurgeht. However, I have sent him some questions to mull over in return.