fanfic, ships, writing Ron and so on

[Cassandra Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 10036

hmm, a post all about fanfic. Sorry.

Ebony wrote: Writing Ron (and Carole's consulting) has helped to 
soften   his character in my mind.  I adored the kid in PS/SS and CoS, 
started getting a little wary of him in PoA (the whole "Crookshanks 
ate  Scabbers" incident got on my nerves), and by the end of GoF he 
was my least favorite of the Three.

*fervently* Ditto on all of that! I think I misspoke when I said I 
find Ron hard to write. I left him out of a lot of DD because I 
thought he *would* be difficult to write and because I had just 
finished GoF and was annoyed with him; then I forced myself to write 
him in DS, and now I very much enjoy writing Ron, he's got all sorts 
of aspects to his character I'd never thought about before, plus, 
after Draco, he gets most of the good lines. It's really made me start 
to like a character I didn't like all that much before.

Flourish wrote: Of course! In my mind, at least, that's not just the 
cool thing about fanfic - it's the *purpose* of it. I can go   read 
all the Ginny/Draco I want (or write it; there seems to be a lack of 
good Ginny/Draco, apart from your   DD/DS and Alicia's series - and 
AngieJ's, of course)."

Try Stinkerbell's "Dark Days Are Coming" fic...it's a wonderful G/D. 
(plus plug plug!)

Side question: Why are almost all R/H stories also H/G? (hides from 
everyone throwing rocks.) I'm not talking about any stories in 
particular, just this strange and overwhelming...trend. I can't help 
thinking that if R/H happens in canon, H/G almost definitely won't...I 
just can't see JKR throwing in with that kind of almost-too-cutesy 
symmetry.

Eb wrote: Also... and this is something I must say... H/H was derived 
from  reading canon.  I've been chatting with R/Hers via IM about my 
story,  and I was recently told that I'm H/H because I don't read 
canon.    That amused me.  Haven't *all* HP fans and fic writers read 
canon?

*blinks* Like I said before, I'd never read a stich of fanfic when I 
started writing my story, and I was already quite firmly H/H ... from 
canon. I have a best friend who is quite firmly D/H from canon, and 
has never read any fanfic (not even mine.) Though it is evident to 
even the most obtuse reader that Ron likes Hermione in GoF, I didn't 
see much evidence that she liked him back. I rather thought JKR was 
setting Ron up for heartbreak for her own nefarious purposes. I've 
changed my opinions somewhat since then, but I'd have to side with 
Penny on one thing-- just because Ron likes Hermione, doesn't mean he 
should "get" her -- what about Hermione's feelings? 


Side note on DS (boring to everyone but me)Flourish wrote: "Oh, I 
totally agree! I'm not trying to dis your   writing, Cassie and 
everyone else <g> because I agree that he needs to be more of a 
fighter. I was trying to point out that you really only see one side 
of him in your fic, not that that one side is OOC."

*giggles* That's okay. I did not feel 'dissed.' I admit Ron spends a 
lot of time mad in DS, but then of course he's got a lot to be mad 
about (more than we currently know) and, like Ebony said, he's the 
passionate type, the type to express his anger. (Unlike Draco or 
Harry, who tend to do more of the quiet seething.) Although he did get 
to be pretty cheery in Chapter 9, which was a big Ronfest with 
everyone kissing him (even Narcissa!) and making much of him. Perhaps 
that'll perk him up. 


Cassie