More About Writing Women - for my own curiosity. :)

[ficwize]

So, my curiosity knows no bounds. I'm interested to see if my perception is skewed, admitting that my perception is based on a self-selected group of friends and communities on my flist.

So, if you don't mind answering this poll, I'd appreciate it. Also, if you want to pimp it to your flist, I'd be curious to see a large sample of answers.

Thanks!



ETA: Please assume that the "/" mark does not indicate sexual relationships unless otherwise indicated. So if you write a mixture of canon male and canon female characters, please check canon male/canon female. Thanks and sorry for any confusion!

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Comments

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

This was an interesting poll and really made me think about the stories I write. Since I write mostly SPN and Highlander - No real female characters to speak of it seems i stole Chloe from smallville and created my own OFC just to get some woman around. Add Mag7 (brought Chloe there too)and I am very testosterone heavy.

I never really thought about it until you started asking these questions. I think I've written exactly one story from those fandom that was truly about a female character and that was with Amanda from highlander.(Only Duncan appears briefly on the phone in the end)

Wait I just remembered most of my NCIS stuff is about Abby first - so not as bad as i thought but still that one character from one show. The rest are all guys first.

Interesting. This makes me what to write more girl power stuff!!

[ficwize.livejournal.com]

I have been fascinated by the number of Chloe/SPN crossovers that I've seen. I think you've hit the nail on the head when it comes to finding a strong woman (definitely Chloe!) and putting her into a male dominated fandom, because the fandom itself doesn't supply any (many?).

SPN is interesting because the fandom itself had such a HUGE reaction to the female characters, and it was predominantly negative.

Interesting. This makes me what to write more girl power stuff!!

YES! GIRL POWER!!

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

SPN fandom is so full of wank - I stay away from the discussions. Dean and Chloe are perfect for each other IMHO because she can stand up to Dean, the supernatural is nothing new to her and the SV folks don't appreciate her!