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Last night, I got my RPS cherry popped by this story. As RPF is a topic that has much potential for controversy I'm sure people have already voiced their opinions, written smart meta and whatnot, but I don't know where to find that stuff, so.
My first brush with RPF happened in X-Files fandom and I stayed the hell away from it because all the stories I peeked at had the same pattern: Tea Leonie's a bitch, David Duchovny is frustrated, Gillian Anderson is depressed. Soap opera stuff happens. Sex happens. The end. The story I read yesterday wasn't like that.
On what do writers of RPF base their stories? What's considered canon? How exactly can you tell if it's bad characterization? There's behind the scenes footage, there are bloopers and interviews, but how much does that tell you? How do you prevent the actors' roles from bleeding into them? Do authors have to work harder to make it plausible? Or do they have more liberties?
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My first brush with RPF happened in X-Files fandom and I stayed the hell away from it because all the stories I peeked at had the same pattern: Tea Leonie's a bitch, David Duchovny is frustrated, Gillian Anderson is depressed. Soap opera stuff happens. Sex happens. The end. The story I read yesterday wasn't like that.
On what do writers of RPF base their stories? What's considered canon? How exactly can you tell if it's bad characterization? There's behind the scenes footage, there are bloopers and interviews, but how much does that tell you? How do you prevent the actors' roles from bleeding into them? Do authors have to work harder to make it plausible? Or do they have more liberties?
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