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Muito interessante seu texto Lia Li, tanto que me fez vir aqui, embora eu não misture coisas que eu goste com o facebook (Eu sou viciada mesmo no tumblr) e eu tenha quebrado a promessa de não me envolver em conversas desde a desgraça que foi Downton Abbey na minha vida. Na verdade, eu concordo muito pouco com o que você falou, mas eu sempre aprecio pessoas com interpretações diferentes da minha e acho que muito tem a se ganhar, e mesmo guardar para a vida, com as diferenças de interpretação da ficção. E refletir sobre ficção é muito importante, em minha opinião. Não se sinta ofendida pelas minhas opiniões contrárias, ok? Eu respeito profundamente as suas. Eu te garanto que eu sou feminista, e um dos aspectos que me fascinou nessa novela (E eu não via novelas desde O Clone), foram esses temas relevantes ainda nos dias de hoje sendo tratados tão abertamente. Tantos shows contemporâneos não fazem um terço pelas personagens mulheres como essa novela fez (Por exemplo: Glee). Primeiramente gostaria de esclarecer que eu assisto seriados desde sempre e com isso, eu vivo em um universo um tanto diferente. Seriados são anos de comprometimento, muitas vezes com limitações de número de episódios e com isso nós temos que nos firmar em subtexto, o que não é dito, interpretação e sentimentos internalizados. E são coisas que são debatidas exaustivamente em redes sociais, e brigas homéricas ocorrem por causa disso. Acho que no fim, tudo é questão de interpretação, e com isso a lógica que eu aplico a certas situações podem ser discordantes da sua opinião e da opinião de outros. Outro ponto de possível diferenciação na discussão é o fato que eu gosto de jornadas muito duras. Não consigo evitar, complexo de fã da Dana Scully talvez? Mas eu não tenho pena dos personagens que eu amo. Inclusive, embora eu não veja Salve Jorge, isso é uma das coisas que eu acho altamente errada na trama. A personagem não sofrer as consequências das escolhas e da jornada proposta. Se eu fosse escritora, eu não protegeria meus personagens e eu acho que a Laura é altamente admirável (E na lista das minhas personagens favoritas de todos os tempos) por ela ser testada de todas as formas possíveis e não perder a dignidade. Isso é o que faz, pessoalmente, personagens extraordinários. Outro ponto é que eu valorizo os erros. Eu acho importante para os personagens não serem caricaturas. O Edgar seria um mocinho piegas e sem graça sem os tropeços que ele cometeu. A Laura não seria complexa sem dicotomias sobre certos assuntos (Sua relação com as pessoas da família). Senhor e senhora Mary Sue e Gary Stu. Eles podiam cair nos erros da Isabel e Zé como personagens, em minha opinião.

Com essa introdução gigantesca, vamos aos posts gigantescos (Costumes antigos). O que eu concordo: O aborto foi determinante na separação dos dois e foi usado como uma justificativa para o ato. Acho que sem esse trauma vivido pela Laura, talvez os dois tivessem pelo menos ganhado mais tempo juntos. Ela estava vivendo, como você escreveu, a dor de ter passado por tudo aquilo sem uma palavra de quem importava. E mais, ela perdeu algo que por própria admissão que ela queria muito e teve que enfrentar a humilhação de se sentir inadequada. Adiaria o inevitável? Acho que talvez não, sabe? Ambos são inseguros e altamente ciumentos, é uma falha dos dois como personagens (Assim como o orgulho, e a teimosia). A desconfiança provavelmente iria assombrar e separar. Acho que esses acontecimentos um atrás do outro meramente aceleraram o processo. O que eu não concordo: Que como um personagem deve lidar com uma situação extrema, seja algo previsível. Foram duas situações diferentes. A Laura: Que biologicamente viveu a gravidez (E com isso teve mudanças psicológicas, hormonais), viveu a perda fisicamente e psicologicamente, viveu os dias da gravidez. Ela foi se tornando mãe, ela foi vivendo a experiência. O Edgar descobriu que ia ser pai por uma carta, enquanto estava vivendo a paternidade pelos olhos da Melissa, e no momento que chegou no país descobriu que não seria mais, ainda tendo que lidar com a Laura descobrindo o que ele tinha feito. A notícia não deixa de ser um choque. E ele vê os erros que ele cometeu ser o motivo do seu casamento, se dissolver. Como primeiro instinto, eu acho ele tenta salvar o casamento. No segundo momento, ele lida com a dor do casamento desfeito. Não tem como saber se ele lida com esses sentimentos separados ou tudo junto. Assim como com a Laura, é uma coisa atrás da outra, sem nenhum intervalo para a reflexão. Isso me lembra um musical da Broadway chamado Next To Normal. É sobre uma mãe bipolar que perde um filho. Enquanto a mãe vive a dor do filho e a bipolaridade todo o momento por anos, o pai não consegue viver essa dor até o momento que eles se separam. É quando ele confronta esses sentimentos. Logo, embora eu entenda o desapontamento das pessoas em relação a isso, eu não sei se é uma situação tão simples. A Laura só presenciou a perda. O Edgar presenciou outras coisas junto. A Laura exterioriza mais os sentimentos. O Edgar é mais introspectivo em certos aspectos (A Laura mesmo fala que ele é reservado demais). Porém em minha opinião, o mais importante de tudo é que consequências são sofridas pelos atos. E são devastadoras para ambos, em graus diferentes, de formas diferentes. Mas eu acho que sem essa dor, não haveria a maturidade e a valorização dos sentimentos deles. Outro ponto que quase ninguém provavelmente concorda: Sem esse ponto e essa separação tão longa, eu provavelmente não iria investir muito na história deles. Pois a perda para mim é importante, valoriza mais os acertos.

Outro ponto a ser considerado, e eu falo isso olhando para o lado da Laura e do Edgar em conjunto, é o lapso de seis anos entre esses acontecimentos. Isso muda os sentimentos em relação aos fatos. Continua sendo uma perda, mas ela é uma perda distante, menos dolorida. O que me traz ao ponto dois: Continuidade. Acho que as menções foram compatíveis com os anos passados. E eu discordo completamente com a interpretação da cena do episódio 88 (Uma das minhas cenas favoritas dos dois). Há uma melancolia tamanha entre os dois personagens em relação ao que eles perderam. Obviamente isso é questão de interpretação, mas a dor para mim se encontra nas entrelinhas, nas lágrimas que eu não sei se vocês notaram ambos tinham no rosto, mas que vem sempre em conjunto com a dor da separação e junto com a saudade que eles tinham um do outro, e no caso da cena específica, a esperança momentânea levantada e a barganha.

O que eu concordo: Duas semanas de falta de comunicação seria o suficiente em relação ao plot com o Antonio Ferreira/Heloisa. Embora tenha dado um espaço para uns momentos muito engraçados e mostrou certa versatilidade dos atores e dos personagens. Seguiu uma rota comédia romântica, em vez do melodrama usual entre personagens. Fora que sempre foi consistente com o ciúme ridículo e cômico dos dois (Bem, em muitos casos achei justificável o da Laura. Muito pelas circunstâncias da Catarina/Heloísa e o destino jogando com os dois. O de Edgar em minha opinião vem da ligação dele com símbolos: A aliança que ele sempre usa contradizendo qualquer negação que ele tinha superado a Laura. O Antonio Ferreira como manifestação das inseguranças do segundo rompimento sobre a independência e a capacidade dela superar enquanto ele não consegue). O que eu não concordo foi com o fato de ser desconexo, eu acho que foi uma construção. Primeiro pela admiração mútua de ambos, mesmo no anonimato, sempre presente. Depois por essa força de atração intelectual que eu sempre admirei nos dois (E talvez eu ponha muita importância nisso, pois o meu casal anterior... Mary/Matthew não conseguia ter esses debates ideológicos/intelectuais no casamento) ser mais que evidente. E fora que criou o clima da cena da descoberta. Desde o primeiro minuto dessa história, eu achei que eles iam se encontrar como Paulo Lima e Antonio Ferreira e isso seria o ponto final das brigas. E eu achei que eles levaram a ideia um pouco além ao introduzir um elemento de destino, quase místico, nesse encontro. Ainda mais com o discurso da Tia Jurema, altamente alma gêmea. Eles poderiam ter resolvido com diálogo? Sim. Mas eu gosto da licença poética deste encontro. De como foi filmado, com tanta gente ao redor. Pode ser bobagem de quem interpreta demais, talvez? Mas o fato é que eu acho que quando ela descobre que ele é o AF, ela se lembra do motivo dela gostar dele. Do caráter, da amizade, da compreensão. Ele anteriormente já tinha se desculpado com a forma com que ele tratou a independência dela, mas a matéria da violência da mulher foi uma confirmação de um assunto iniciado, mas sempre atrapalhado pelas inseguranças do ciúme e do orgulho de ambos (Que eu acho que pesou mais que o ciúmes). Pelo menos uma vez ele claramente diz ter agido errado em relação a ignorar os sentimentos dela, ele também discute com ela como a sua própria mãe viu a situação. Não vejo como sinal de fraqueza a confiança que ela depositou ao voltar, pois na minha concepção só o que eles precisavam era estar finalmente na mesma página. E acho que o investimento dele monetário nunca tirou os méritos dela, até mesmo pelo fato da Isabel compartilhar com a sociedade. Foi apenas um apoio aos sonhos que ela idealizou e lutou. O que me leva ao ponto da carta, que eu também interpreto de uma forma completamente diferente. Em nenhum momento eu achei que fosse um momento em que a autora culpa a Laura pela desconfiança. Não foi um pedido de perdão e a Laura nunca tratou como se fosse isso. E não é tratado desse jeito por ambos os personagens pela minha interpretação. Se não, foi algo para o beneficio da Laura, inteiramente. Foi um momento que aquele ressentimento, aquela dor, tem certo alívio. E toda aquela solidão sentida, toda a rejeição finalmente encontra uma “cura”. Em minha opinião, fecha um ciclo e dá continuidade a esse assunto.

Quanto ao ponto da Melissa, eu acho que seria sexista se fosse o único exemplo dado. Mas um dos pontos que eu considero da novela é que é uma história sobre laços além de sangue, sobre famílias não muito “ortodoxas”. A Laura aceita e perdoa, mas o Zé Maria vai aceitar (Não necessita perdão), O Mário provavelmente vai aceitar (Não necessita de perdão), o Teodoro aceita (Não necessita de perdão)... Não acho que o amor exista sem amor próprio, mas eu nunca achei que a Laura fosse fraca. Aliás sempre admirei ela não ser vítima (Carta que o Edgar jogou as vezes, mas que ela nunca aceitou) e não ser poupada de consequências e ser uma pessoa melhor e mais forte por lidar com as consequências. E todos os personagens lidam com consequências de suas decisões. Acho que isso é o mais importante.

A conclusão: Eu não justifico os atos errados, mas eu interpreto personagens com virtudes e defeitos. O que não faz da minha opinião a certa, mas é assim que eu me sinto em relação a esses fatos. Tenho muito respeito pela sua opinião e espero que a recíproca seja a mesma. Somente interpretamos a ficção de formas diferentes, sem reflexão com a forma que nos conduzimos em nossa vida (E eu te conto, com minha obsessão por livros, não querer ter filhos, eu seria companheira de cama de hospício com a Laura haha)

Random things

Watched Once, such an AMAZING movie. But it wasn't a good day so I end up crying all the time. The soundtrack? It's OUTSTANDING. I am sooooo in love with it. My favorite right now is Lies. The lyrics, the song is AMAZING *shivers*. People that trust my musical taste HAS to check this out.

Another thing I like: John Gallagher Jr. because he is so talented. His musics are so heartfelt. He is such a dork. He reads. He is totally my type of guy so off course he has to be miles away from me and he has to have a girlfriend. I still nurse a bit of an admiration for him anyway (I am really trying not to call it crush because it would be a bit pathetic, I guess). Moritz was my favorite Spring Awakening character and he totally deserved that Tony. People, check his work. Totally worth it.

But this actually made me realize that my patterns towards attraction are changing. So, once I loved the cocky over confident bastards. Now, I kinda like nice guys. But mostly because I am getting more confident than I once was.

The proof of this statement? So, for those who were with me for years. There was this guy. He was young, driven, a bit narcissist & confident. He was a good person, but also was a bit... well, the things I just said which is good and bad. Anyway, he didn't know I existed and I felt so inferior to him because he just oozes this natural charisma and I will forever be this clumsy and weird (Too reserved) girl. He was also kind of my boss because I was his intern (But it was just for a couple of weeks). I fell in love, he didn't give a crap, months after I left the internship he got this girlfriend and I think she got pregnant and they got married. I am assuming because IDK... I don't stalk him. So I met him at the coffee shop. He was still charming, my hands still shake a bit (But mostly because I wasn't expecting him and it was a surprise). I didn't talk to him (Just because I didn't want to... I usually hate talk to people), but I knew the moment I saw him that I was over in a way I never did before. Because I still randomly thought about him when I was sad. So, I walked to gym and I end up listening to American Idiot - Broadway Cast soundtrack and I was: I am so over him. SO OVER HIM. I smiled... I was finally free. And it was kind of amusing to hear John Gallagher Jr singing a specific part of Jesus Of Suburbia (Because of his phrasing, IDK why I love it so much).

I wonder if someone missed me (Probably not :P).

Jonathan Groff downloads



Anyway, I have some mp3 from his concert (I ripped from Youtube). There are two versions of one song of the 7:00 show because I couldn't choose the one with better quality.

7:00 Show

9:30 Show

Songs: A Case Of You, All I Want, Don't Stop Me Now, Easy To Be Hard, Happier Than The Morning Sun, Here I Go Again, Mama Who Bore Me, Milk And Honey, Right As Rain, Whenever I See Your Smiling Face, You Don't Know My Name and You Haven't Done Nothin'

Bonus Tracks

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff singing Once Upon a Pirate Night back on Spring Awakening Days and IMO is better than There Was Once A Pirate and Guilty Ones. It's a dream, actually. I love this song so freaking much!

Once Upon a Pirate Night

And everything he did outside Glee that got recorded.

Various Recordings

Songs: Now (Dreaming Wild Awake: The Music Of Scott Allen), All The Time (Demo) and I Won't Have To Anymore (Demo).

Personal matters

Lessons I learned today: My heart is a fucking dumbass. A really fucking dumbass that NEVER LEARNS ANYTHING. So I may forget this lesson. And yes, I do have a thing for making things more melodramatic than they really are and YES I AM OVER HIM. It's been two years and I truly AM. But I have to say that when I talked with this patient about him as a doctor and person (Stupid intern/resident love-crush. But he is a surgeon-oncologist and young, charming and even if he could be an anal little bitch, I liked him) something inside was moved and I was affected and I was: Oh fuck... do we need to revisit those feelings? They're wrapped up on a low self esteem and a ridiculous imitation of "You Oughta Know" with the baby and the older than me part. Well... except for the relationship part, blow job on a theater because he never saw me that way and the part where I have sex with other guys to pay back (Tho, there was some emotional usage of my part and I regret. I feel like I lost my Rhett because of my stupid crush on an ideal Ashley I created).

Oh well, those feelings may never die completely because they're wrapped up on a ridiculous sense of pride... I guess. It's not even love/in love/lust anymore. *Sigh*
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Late Grey's talk...

On the other hand.... HOW INCREDIBLE FUCKING AMAZING OMFG AWESOME IT WAS THE GREY'S ANATOMY FINALE? THAT WAS INTENSE AND GUT WRENCHING AND THE ACTING! HOLLY SHIT.

THANK YOU SHOW, THAT WAS THE BEST DRAMA EPISODE I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR SO FAR. FUCK, MAYBE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS (I DON'T COUNT MAD MEN BECAUSE SHIT IS GOOD BUT NOT INTENSE). PLEASE, REPLACE LOST ON THE EMMY'S RUN. NO ONE NEEDS THE SHOW TO WIN FOR SHITTY WRITING RIGHT?

:)

Mark and Lexie are so going to get back together. They're just giving us angst :)

Glee talk... Or more about the two scenes I saw

I promise myself I wouldn't flood my flist with fangirl squees over just one thing and I wish I didn't make recently so many obsessive posts about Jonathan Groff and the cannon fact he needs to be the father of the children I never thought I wanted before him (Sex is optional, but he has to share DNA with me), BUT HONESTLY HOW CAN I GET OVER? HOW? GOD DAMN IT, HOW? And to prove that I am chill compared to when I watch the last scene from Bad Reputation, these are the tweets seconds after watch the scene.

HOLLY SHIT GUYS THAT BALLET/TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART IS MY FAVORITE GLEE SCENE EVER OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG X 100000000000

k;k;k;k;';kjkjkkk;k;k;;k;k;k;k;k;m;nm;;k;k;k;k;kj;k;k < My excitement, my grief, my OMFG, my MARRY ME JESSE can only be expressed by this.

There are moar crazy capslock parts. But I will spare the crazeh. And I just said everything I am going to say right now.

So... I didn't watch the episode, but I watched the parts that were relevant to me and OMFG! Run Joey Run was epic split screen cheesiness and I loved every single second of it. It made me realize as well how much I missed Sandy. I didn't understand exactly why the boys were so mad at Rachel. Okay, I did understand a bit where Jesse comes from, after all he was her boyfriend and she used him (And he probably felt insecure about Rachel and her boys), but still... Strong reaction (He is a drama king, tho... So it's in character *giggle* ).

But, shall we discuss the EPICNESS of the ballet scene? I swear if Groff wasn't a guest star I would be confused as hell about the OTP status of the show cause that was SO BEAUTIFUL. It was just so well acted by both Lea/Groff. You could see the tension, UST, angst and intensity of that scene. OMG... when he looks down, heartbroken there is such pretty vulnerability. But the freaking ballet scene. Funny how ballet is one of the gayest things ever but he actually didn't seem at all. In fact, it was just so sexy and raw that I was: Okay, now I need a guy that dances ballet in that sexy way so we can have an angsty sexy ballet scene followed by some sex cause that was hot and I am like... worse than Corey as far as dancing goes. I swear this may be my favorite scene ever on Glee because of the dance (Props to who come up with it), the song, the shots. I was like OMFG when they cut to Groff singing "Turn around, bright eyes" *Shivers* It's one of my favorite stand alone scenes this entire year.

Then, when it was over (Even before it). I kind of cried and squeed and I was HOLLY SHIT, HOLLY SHIT.

See, as much as I think that maybe I should give Glee a shot after Groff. I just can't. I will miss him. His charisma, his singing and now THE FREAKING DANCE. I will forever heart Lea's voice, so I will download the songs... But THAT scene. THAT chemistry. THAT dance. EPIC EPIC EPIC.

I can't get over. Just can't. I capslock and smash keyboard so much in my twitter that I kind of feel drained. But I just can't get over THAT. And seriously... that was the first real epic Glee scene as far as shippy goes. I think Quinn's/Finn-ish angsty Keep Holding On was close second. But that was shipper epic and brilliant and OMFG, I need to be sedated.

If someone come across a pic spam with that scene show me and I will kiss you in the mouth.

I need to find a way to download the scene. My computer is not downloading episodes :/

Once Upon a Pirate Night

For those who doesn't know, Once Upon a Pirate Night didn't made the Broadway cut, being replaced in the early stages of Spring Awakening Off Broadway cut. But I think it's prettier than There Was Once a Pirate and even... The Guilty Ones. So, I found the link on google and it's SO BEAUTIFUL. Totally worth the download :)



From FuckyeahStBerry

Lyrics

Once upon a pirate night
By a moon so full and pale
A maiden took a treasure ride
With the boy she knew to help the sail

Melchior:
A murmur of something oh, so fair
A door through he yearning there, just there
Untie the rope to bring her close
To wind and water everywhere

Both:
And soon they can't resist the tide
The pull of something long denied
All that pleasure out of reach
Little there and oh so sweet
In some frightened happy pasttime
Soon they found and only there
They bade their hearts with ageless wisdom
As she whispers "Yes" again

All:
And as you ride the salty air
A new world to discover
A world with care not to bare

Wendla:
And now she's found a lover

Melchior:
Somehow he's found a lover

All:
And now she's found a love



LINK TO DOWNLOAD


I wish I had a chance to see this :(

BB Groff fangirliness, WTF life & Gym songs

BEFORE EVERYTHING JONATHAN FUCKING GROFF IS FUCKING TWITTER TRENDING. THIS JUST SEALS MY OBSESSIVE FANGIRL LOVE FOR HIM LIKE WHOA AND I AM SHAKING AND CRYING FROM THE PURE AWESOMENESS AND EXCITEMENT OF THIS MOMENT AND MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE!!!!!

/End of Crazy

So, for those who follow me on twitter. It's common my gym!tweets. I LOVE gym... It's my sanctuary even if sometimes my personal trainer makes me cry, feel dizzy and almost throw up lol.

Anyway, I am working out. At least two hours everyday. So... my dear friend, the awesomestatic-oh-so-lovely caer asked me for song tips. Since I jog as well, it's usually good for it. I pick 15 songs, but I will reblog with more, eventually.

But before it. Today was BIZARRE. So, I was going to buy me some tea after gym and in a time spam of 10 minutes the following things happened:

- A stranger just started to scream: Girl, keeping working out. Do it.
- A guy whistle at me.
- A guy called me HOT stuff.
- Another guy called HOT stuff.

But the worse? ONE STRANGER PASSED BY ME AND SLAPPED MY ASS. I turn around and he was already too far away for me to beat the crap of him and I screamed: ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? My mother LOLed so much when I told her what happened that she couldn't even walk. Because honestly, crazy things just happens to me.

Then one random-straight girl at the gym that I never speak with talked about my progress (The fact I am loosing body fat and growing some muscles) and body changes due gym. Then, my mother commented with my personal trainer how thin I was. It was a conspiracy, I tell you lol.

Anyway... 15 gym songs.

Song Choices

1. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
2. Black Eye Peas - Pump It
3. Black Eye Peas - Boom Boom Pow
4. Placebo - Meds
5. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
6. Glee - Don't Rain On My Parade (Okay, this is a Broadway tune but it's incredible uplifting).
7. Glee - Push It
8. Robbie Zombie - Dragula
9. Sinead O' Connor - No Man's Woman
10. Leighton Meester - Birthday
11. Lovers - My Heart Never Sleeps
12. Moby - Body Rock
13. Garbage - Temptation Waits
14. Cassie - Me & You
15. Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure

Any suggestions?
Music - Katharine McPhee

Kat is still awesome, movies, books & meme

Katharine McPhee continues to be one of my favorite singers these days (Even if lately I am listening to Spring Awakening soundtrack & Kate Bush songs), so off course I screamed when she covered Use Somebody by Kings of Leon.



- I saw Shutter Island. Very solid movie (9/10) with great acting by Leonardo DiCaprio. I reccomend... Funny how my friend was: "This is mindfuck" and I was "I watch Lost, I get mindfuck every week" LMAO.

- I am currently reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Interesting enough it's a Lost book. Featured on Dead to Dead... The episode Ben faces the smokey trial for "killing his daughter"). Guys, everyone should read this book. It is so current and it makes you think so much. I have to watch the episode back and see if it applies to Ben as a character because I think it does in ways. It is becoming one of my favorite books ever.

MEME TIME!!!

Let's try this meme. I stole from the lovely foibles_fables

1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your flist to post questions in the comments. For example: 'One, nine and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?', 'Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?', 'Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?' 'Write a drabble in which three and eleven fight crime.' (...possibly not technically a question.)

3) After your flist has asked enough questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.


And another old meme!

Give me a character from any fandom I know at least fairly well, and I will tell you:

A) My OTP
B) The runner up
C) The anti-ship
D) My unpopular fannish opinion on said character
E) One person he/she never fell in love with, and why
F) Favorite crossover ship of doom
Star Trek

Writing talk

I was inspired by the interesting posts of the lovely caer about writing and I started to ponder about some themes.

First and more important I don't claim to be an expert on this subject. In fact, I used to write and I don't much anymore so my POV may be more the based on reading/watching TV, movies, plays than on active writing. More important than my rusty state, mostly caused by a short spam attention of a two year old and studies (Okay, and fandom), is the fact I chose another path to me and I didn't actually went to college to become a writer. Not that I necessarily think to become one you have to go to college, but I think it does makes a difference and if you have talent and develop it with theory on writting the sky is the limit.

I also don't claim to be flawless and GREAT.

Move on...

There is something that I strongly believe as a "writer" and as a reader: The characters and the story do tell, even if not all the time, where to go. When you contradict a story that only has one logical end, you usually end up screwed.

The characters are important keys on the discover what to do.

In fact, they even tell you if your fanfiction/story will work better as angst, comedy (Or both)... And even the PG, R and NC17 ratings. For example: I cannot see a NC17 Chuck/Ned fic, Spock/Uhura fanfictions based on mindless sex is not nearly as interesting as those who relays on the nature of their relationship (It can have sex, but it has to have a really good build up), Sawyer and Kate work in the NC17 context while their PG13 can be bland and "safe" if you're not as good (Plus, using the whole angst over the same themes is a turn off).

There are the pairings that can go both ways, I think there is a very interesting flexibility on Mark/Lexie as a pairing and this is why sometimes I write them. You can tackle fluffly (If you're good), dark-ish themes (Specially due Mark's nature), angst, alternative universes, sex. Sometimes even in a same chapter. Other ships do not have this and force them into a genre can be a mistake if you're not prepared (A Fluffly House fanfic? Probably never will work).

I feel like if you're really good, you can tell any story. But some pairings are more belivable under certain conditions. This however can lead to the exploration of the same themes. I think in ways the Lost fanfiction fandom lacks creativity. Take some Skate fanfictions: Maybe it's due the great amount of scenes they have it, leaving the writers with very little to explore (The fanfictions would benefit from less scenes. But then I rather see them on screem, so screw it haha), while other fandoms become interesting because of the unexplored subtext (I'm looking at you Mulder and Scully... as well ships from procedural shows). Other point is to relay on the same storylines. How many times do I have to read a fanfiction about Sawyer and Kate discussing Juliet's death? I skip most of the times fics like this. While I do appreciate angst a LOT. It's a breath of fresh air when you get a break from the angsty themes and the cannon places. Maybe this is why occasionally I enjoy an AU.

Trust your characters... all the time, but also think out of the box. I read a great writing article that tells the importance of good characters into a storyline. This is why I am often turn off by shows such as Flash Forward, Battlestar Gallactica and Fringe. The characters are usually frosty, uninteresting or... just people I dislike (Sometimes bad casting plays a part). Don't be fooled, characters are even more essential on the SCI FI genre. Although these shows relies on "Mythology", there is no great mythology without the 'heroes', who have distinct journeys.

It leads me to my first point: Some stories/characters/ships have a well defined path inside a story because some author's build the structure (Conscious or not) that only leads to one possible end. This is why some stories (Mostly multi-chapter ones) requires a happy end while others has to have a bittersweet/tragic/ambiguous end to work better.

But this is subjected to... well, subjectivity. The right end for me sometimes may not be the right one for another reader. This is what makes things so complex. My only advice? Do what it feels organic to you, no matter if it pissed people in the process. It's your story after all and you should be proud of it.

This is why I say, based on nothing but the story structure: Jack Sheppard will die. But maybe this is for another post.

Any thoughts? Should I expand some parts of this post on another one?