Is the attraction of writing in popslash rather than just as original characters the community, then, or is there some sort of base characterization everyone works off of?
Both. It's a chump answer, but it's true. There are certain things that everyone subscribes to: Justin loves his momma, Justin has a best friend named Trace, Justin likes tattoos. I would equate it to the stuff you read in Teen Beat, but it's not. It's more--stuff you pick up after watching someone for awhile. You sort of know someone, or think you do.
And then those things show up in stories like AU's or AR's--Trace would be Justin's assistant, or there would be a reason for Justin's cross tattoo. Or if you're working in canon, there would be a mention of Lance, I dunno, licking the cross tattoo. Or something.
With malleable characterisation, too, Justin might use the cross tattoo as a statement against something he'd always believed. Or the tattoo might not be there at all.
Erm, that might not answer your question.
Well, that kind of question's never really answerable. 'Sokay. Interesting anyway.
Minnow's put up the next one of her post-NFA snippets.
So what's "Thrillkiller"? Inquiring minds Baby Babs fans wanna know.
I want to add to SA's answer that, as someone who's never read Teen Beat or watched a media clip, and has only heard one *Nsync song and one JT-solo song, I still get the feeling-- just from all the stories that I've read-- of coherent and fairly consistent personalities for each of the members of *Nsync. Popslash fandom, as I've perceived it, is not just a basic-set-of-facts thing but a collection-of-attitudes thing.
Also, I think the difference that SA articulates in fan-attitudes between the separate popslash and LOTRiPS fandoms contributes to me personally being a happy, casual reader of *Nsync fic and a bored, skittish reader of LotR RPF. Did that difference evolve totally randomly and organically, do you think, or did it arise out of the differences between the way the two fandoms' source texts-situations are structured? (I.e., *Nysnc having a continuous, ongoing timeline, as it's a bunch of musicians who constantly set themselves up with new projects in order to remain employed and famous, while for LotR the-making-of-the-movies was the climatic era in terms of the-people-being-together-and-working-together...? etc. Also a bunch of celebrity musicians bound together by being in a band probably promote themselves differently, whether independently or on behalf of the band, than a group of actors bound together by having made a movie.)
So what's "Thrillkiller"?
Batman: Thrillkiller is an Elseworlds trade paperback written by Howard Chaykin. It takes place in 1961. The art is vibrant, the storyline is gleefully askew, and I'd say it's as noirish. Main players are Babs, Dick, Bruce, Jim Gordon, Black Canary, Harley Quinn and an interesting take on the Joker.
Popslash fandom, as I've perceived it, is not just a basic-set-of-facts thing but a collection-of-attitudes thing.
Partially because there are no facts. I mean, the
members
of NSYNC can't seem to agree on canon. They're constantly changing their minds on what really happened in the group.
Also a bunch of celebrity musicians bound together by being in a band probably promote themselves differently, whether independently or on behalf of the band, than a group of actors bound together by having made a movie.
I think it might also be a span of time thing. I mean, the LoTR guys were together for how many years? 3 or 4? NSYNC has been a group for 9 years. [Plus, JC, Justin and Joey have known each other longer than that.] And for the first 7, they were constantly together. There is an endless amount of footage, in addition to their live performances, of the five of them together, interacting.
ETA: Same thing with BSB. Though I think they might actually have a cohesive group history.
First time poking my nose in here. My brain just got the HP slash thing and various Buffistas pointed me here for recs. I just finished reading Lust over Pendle. Wow! I have tried to threadsuck and look for past recs, but have not had luck so far.
Anyone wanna enable?!?!
Do you have a pairing preference? Sirius/Remus? Harry/Draco? Snape/someone?
I don't really read HP (though I read Lust Over Pendle) but Dana and shrift have some Harry Potter recs here. So that's somewhere to start, anyway.
