7. As a Jack O'Neill fan, I tried my hands once at the "Jack as POW in Iraq" everyone does but I had a hard time with it and think I chickened out at the real dark stuff in the end. It was the time when all the news were full with what happened in Iraq prisons at the time, and since reality was so much worse than fiction... and as much as I like to read it, it felt weird to be the one to inflict this on my favourite character, you know? So in writing fanfictions I stuck to emotional h/c since then, which fits me better. Or humour, which fits me even more. I don't have any medical knowledge anyway, and I always found that the best stories were written by people who DO know their stuff.
8. Not sure if that is a type, but I really do like the hero standing proud in his bonds, laughing into the face of his capturers, teasing them totally unafraid (or at least not showing it). Of which Jack O'Neill really was a master ;)
9. Hurt itself is not a story. That's what I referred to above. There are people who just start their story and write simply torture, but that is not enjoyable, on the contrary, it leaves me totally cold and not involved, and I stop after a few lines. You need after all some breaks from the bad stuff, with a friend who is there in the prison cell together with the hero, or the hero finding comfort in the thought that he does it to protect his team. And there needs to be a happy end of course, with him saved in the end. I'm not so much for "talking about it all", though, I totally can relate to Jack (both Jacks actually) there, as I don't like to talk about my own feelings either.
Comfort on its own is not a story either. I'm for "show me, don't tell me". I need to FEEL it myself first, not just have people talk about it. Although aftereffects can be quite interesting and unexpected in times. Like PTSD. Flashbacks.
10. Okay, I peeked your answer there, as I had a guess, and it's the same ;) Arrow of course. Need to see Skyfall yet. When he dug out the bullet? That was a good start ;) I'd love to see more scenes like in the pilot, where he almost killed his mother. He looked pretty frightened there. I look forward to find out more about what happened on the island. That was what drew me most to the pilot when I watched the trailer.
And now I wonder if I feel comfortable with my answers out in the open like that... hm. Oh, what the heck. Hope you like it!
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Re: Part 2/2
Date: 2012-12-02 08:30 pm (UTC)7. As a Jack O'Neill fan, I tried my hands once at the "Jack as POW in Iraq" everyone does but I had a hard time with it and think I chickened out at the real dark stuff in the end. It was the time when all the news were full with what happened in Iraq prisons at the time, and since reality was so much worse than fiction... and as much as I like to read it, it felt weird to be the one to inflict this on my favourite character, you know? So in writing fanfictions I stuck to emotional h/c since then, which fits me better. Or humour, which fits me even more. I don't have any medical knowledge anyway, and I always found that the best stories were written by people who DO know their stuff.
8. Not sure if that is a type, but I really do like the hero standing proud in his bonds, laughing into the face of his capturers, teasing them totally unafraid (or at least not showing it). Of which Jack O'Neill really was a master ;)
9. Hurt itself is not a story. That's what I referred to above. There are people who just start their story and write simply torture, but that is not enjoyable, on the contrary, it leaves me totally cold and not involved, and I stop after a few lines. You need after all some breaks from the bad stuff, with a friend who is there in the prison cell together with the hero, or the hero finding comfort in the thought that he does it to protect his team. And there needs to be a happy end of course, with him saved in the end. I'm not so much for "talking about it all", though, I totally can relate to Jack (both Jacks actually) there, as I don't like to talk about my own feelings either.
Comfort on its own is not a story either. I'm for "show me, don't tell me". I need to FEEL it myself first, not just have people talk about it. Although aftereffects can be quite interesting and unexpected in times. Like PTSD. Flashbacks.
10. Okay, I peeked your answer there, as I had a guess, and it's the same ;) Arrow of course. Need to see Skyfall yet. When he dug out the bullet? That was a good start ;) I'd love to see more scenes like in the pilot, where he almost killed his mother. He looked pretty frightened there. I look forward to find out more about what happened on the island. That was what drew me most to the pilot when I watched the trailer.
And now I wonder if I feel comfortable with my answers out in the open like that... hm. Oh, what the heck. Hope you like it!