What sort of fic writer are you?

[sinkwriter]

I don't usually post much fluffy stuff on my personal LJ, unless I find something especially entertaining that tickles me, like the Top Five Answers meme, the five words drabble-a-thon, or the Superhero meme... because who doesn't want to be a superhero at least once in her life, right? Ka-POW!

*ahem*

Anyway, taraljc posted this one on her LJ, and what can I say? It intrigued me.

The Fan Fiction Personality Test.

I do write fan fiction, but only occasionally and usually when a character or an idea strikes me so hard that I feel compelled to write. I was curious if this test would be able to reflect that. Here's what I got:

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test...

The Mindgamer

Everything is possible, nothing is ever really over.

Fanfiction is a creative outlet for you. You don't intentionally write it, it just happens. You find inspiration in several fandoms, but are not obsessed with only one.

You like to explore "what if" situations. What if this character had never made this very choice? What if this event had taken place sooner, never, elsewhere? What if these people had never met?

You are likely to write Alternative Universes, fan seasons or sequels and just follow your (sometimes pretty strange) plot bunnies.

Take The Fan Fiction Personality Test at OkCupid

Hmm. In the immortal words of Spock: Fascinating.

;)

It probably doesn't mean much, but I found it fun, anyway. Interestingly enough, I had only 1% difference between my ultimate end result (The Mindgamer) and my second runner-up option (The True Fan). I see myself in both of those descriptions. Give 'em a read and decide for yourself.

Better yet, take the test and see how you fare. (I'm particularly curious to see what results my writer friends will receive.) Come on, it's all in fun! *GRIN*

Comments

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Where are you getting stopped? At the end after you finish taking the test, at the point where it asks if you are single? I say 'yes' but when it says to 'save my results,' I uncheck that box and then click the other button below it, the one that says 'see my results' or something like that. That way it doesn't try to make me sign up for their stupid cupid thing.

No, I've never written a wildly out-of-context AU and prefer not to. But if you look at AU as anything that strays from canon, then yes, I suppose I've written something that does. I wrote a brief piece in which a character from NCIS meets Hodgins from Bones. Though I'd categorize that more as a crossover than an AU. And I wrote a hinting at a romantic pairing for West Wing that does not occur within the show (on the show, they're merely best friends). The rest of my stuff tends to be character's emotional explorations. I try to write them in character according to the canon I know, but it's still a step outside the canon box to question certain character paths, you know? So I guess that could be considered AU. But if you look at AU as completely out of bounds, like taking the characters from a show and putting them in a completely different arena, like a gladiator world or Victorian time or whatever, no, I don't do that.

I do like to ask questions, though. "What if" or "How was he feeling when...," that kind of thing. I'd rather explore the characters and their in-depth emotions and actions and reactions and connections with each other, based on the actual show. But at some point, everything becomes a bit of a stray from canon, I suppose, because if we write exactly what the show is doing, it's just rewriting the scenes and dialogue that have already occurred.

I can see myself writing a 'sequel' to an episode or adding on scenes from where an episode ended because we didn't get to see what happened after that. I have done that, and I do like the exploration of that. (I'd actually like to write a different sequel than the one we got for Aliens in a Spaceship -- I think Hero in the Hold fell far short of the mark as a sequel, sad to say.)

I don't think the test can completely capture everything that I do (or that any of us do); it was too general. It didn't even offer some of the genres I like! There are so many, I don't think "sci-fi, crime/mystery, fantasy, anime, 'weird,' or slash" cover everything you can do. What about politically themed fic, or a romance, or a general story? What about a show such as Gilmore Girls, which doesn't fit most of those categories?

Back in a moment. I've exceeded my character limit again. Damn it! I talk too much. ;)