Subject: Fun Fact.
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Posted on: 2014-11-04 12:20:00 UTC
Did you know that, at any time I've checked, just about half of the fics on the Doctor Who ff.net page are "OC meets the Doctor"? And two thirds of them are OC/Doctor romance?
Seriously. I make a specific point of checking every time I'm on. In fact, I wouldn't mind so much if they were Classic Doctors, or even 9 or 12. They all feature 10 and 11.
Opinions?
For me, I don't mind them as long as they're done well and you don't shove them into people's faces.
Unfortunately, I made a name for myself on the Pit with a HP Marauders Era fifth Marauder who ends up with Remus. I haven't written it in years, but I keep it up to remind myself that I used to be a Suethor and have come a long way since then.
That and I'm planning on doing a mission in my own fic sometime.
Still, I've seen very well written OC/Canon before. Not often, but I have seen it.
Did you know that, at any time I've checked, just about half of the fics on the Doctor Who ff.net page are "OC meets the Doctor"? And two thirds of them are OC/Doctor romance?
Seriously. I make a specific point of checking every time I'm on. In fact, I wouldn't mind so much if they were Classic Doctors, or even 9 or 12. They all feature 10 and 11.
...I'm a little scared now. I've seen a couple crossover fics for DW, but not Suefics. Guess no fandom is safe around the dark side of fanfiction.net.
Though I was really upset when one of my best friends told me she wasn't going to watch Capaldi as the Doctor because he wasn't 10 or 11. :(
Still, this means that if I ever want to have a serious discussion about the show as it is now, I don't have to worry as much about someone jumping in to say 'OMG PETER CAPALDI IS SOOOOO HAWT!11' and nothing else. *eyeroll* They don't realize what they're missing.
Oh, how many of those OCs turn out to be Time Ladies in hiding or who somehow survived the Time War as a baby and was adopted and raised by modern Earth parents? Because it seems like roughly half of them are like that.
How's the writing for Capaldi? Moffat's writing for Smith was horribad and basically scared me away from DW. Should I take a chance and start watching again?
I just. Very strongly dislike Moffat. I think Capaldi is an excellent choice for the Doctor, but I just can't get into the show any more at all. Sigh.
In my opinion, Moffat's writing with Smith in season 6 was pretty decent! But since then it's been spiraling downhill out of control. So I would say no, it's not much better.
Each to their own, though; I would be lying if I said that some interesting ideas weren't coming up, so I'd say definitely give it a shot. It just wasn't for me.
And I shall do so now.
And this is why we have 'Preview'.
I'm not a crying person.
But Missy just gets better and better!
Until I remembered how many times we would think someone died only for them to come back later. So I'm not too worried that he'll be able to come back.
Also, can we take a moment to recognize the major double standards that still exist? When Missy assaulted the Doctor the first time they met, it was obviously Played For Laughs when the Doctor was rather horrified by it. And quite frankly, it disturbed me, too.
The Tenth Walker thing was actually one that I've been curious about! I'll have to look in the archives to find that discussion and read it when I get a chance.
We've all seen horrible, 10th Walker Suefics. On the other hand, I've seen 10th Walker fics that I thought were really good, with well-written OC's (who were believable as not only people but a part of Tolkien's world, who weren't super powerful, who definitely understood the temptation of the One Ring) and canon characters that weren't OOC.
It's just that most of these days, it's getting harder and harder to find fanfic authors that are willing to take the effort to actually make the story interesting and believeable. Nowadays, 80% of OCxCanon or ships of characters that had never met are written like the author recruited a drunk monkey banging on a keyboard while looking at a harlequin romance novel.
You have no idea how many Suethors I've seen that just assume that since they paired their Sue up with a canon character that all other ships involving that canon are inferior to their amazing, spectacular, beautiful (ly gross) pairing.
Eesh, bluefa02, it's been that way for at least twelve years -look at the Sues Jay and Acy had to deal with. Writers are writers, no matter when they're writing - and the sad truth is that most writers don't particularly try.
hS
I just like to imagine that once upon a time, the internet wasn't that bad.
Haha, who am I kidding. Sues existed before the internet even was imagined. But that's why we're here, right?
I've seen it done well a few times, though the requirements were always focused on him getting to know someone between Episode 1 and Episode 2.
I remember one story where he and another Padawan got close. Not enough to prevent him from having his relationship with Padme in Episode 2, but enough for him to back away from the marriage. After that, the war pushed him together with the OC a lot and the two of them ended up getting together.
Yes, I have read a few OCxCannon fics that were believeable and well-written. Heck, I'm writing one myself. However, there is definently a certain stigma with such fanfictions, usually because OC shipfics make up a large part of (if not the majority of) Suefics.
It's even worse when the Suethor comments on other ships involving her love interest with something along the lines of "OMG U CANT DO DAT!!1!!!!11!!!!2ONE HE'S ALREADY PAIRED WITH [insert oh-so-creative sue name here]!!!11!!!!onehundredonetyone!!!eleven"
...I think I just threw up a little from typing that.