Interesting observations, especially the one about landscape. Not so much in the newer fandoms yet -- I'm still getting to know those worlds better -- but I often feel that Spira is another of the characters I'm exploring. That's part of the reason I haven't felt as connected to FF13, I think: the focus on the party characters is so strong that we don't get to build the same kind of connection with Pulse, or Cocoon and its residents.
A rich world is like a sand mandala; one wants to keep adding to and and expanding it.
That's a great image.
I actually find myself writing porn more than I used to, both in terms of straight-up sex scenes and the inclusion of more explicit scenes in longer stories. As I get more comfortable with writing sex, I've started using it as yet another vehicle for exploring the characters and their emotions and how they interact with each other. It adds a dimension I've decided I like better than fading to black all the time (although I do still fade to black, and sex in the longer, plottier stories, still tends to be fairly soft-focus in comparison to a porn-centered short).
It's also interesting that you mention B5, because I think it actually hits all three criteria better than most TV shows, and if I'd been doing fandom (and had better Internet access) back when it was first on, I think it's entirely possible that I would have written fic. And of course, as of this year, now I have, but I'm too far removed from my early love for it, and my recent rewatch actually did more to highlight its flaws in my mind than to rekindle an obsession. I'd still rank it highly on my list of favorite shows, but my love for it is tempered now. So I doubt I will ever write for it regularly.
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That's a great image.
I actually find myself writing porn more than I used to, both in terms of straight-up sex scenes and the inclusion of more explicit scenes in longer stories. As I get more comfortable with writing sex, I've started using it as yet another vehicle for exploring the characters and their emotions and how they interact with each other. It adds a dimension I've decided I like better than fading to black all the time (although I do still fade to black, and sex in the longer, plottier stories, still tends to be fairly soft-focus in comparison to a porn-centered short).
It's also interesting that you mention B5, because I think it actually hits all three criteria better than most TV shows, and if I'd been doing fandom (and had better Internet access) back when it was first on, I think it's entirely possible that I would have written fic. And of course, as of this year, now I have, but I'm too far removed from my early love for it, and my recent rewatch actually did more to highlight its flaws in my mind than to rekindle an obsession. I'd still rank it highly on my list of favorite shows, but my love for it is tempered now. So I doubt I will ever write for it regularly.