[ SECRET POST #3168 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3168 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Criminal Minds]


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[Community]


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(Harry Potter, Yu-Gi-Oh)


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[JerryC]


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[J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter]


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[Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance]


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[Hatfields & McCoys]


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[Proof]


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[Brooklyn Nine Nine]


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[Scarlett Johansson]


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[No Escape]











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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

>I want to write about a particular person, this actor I like, not just some guy who looks like this actor I like

And you're... claiming to know what your particular actor would act like, in real life, in an epic romantic coffee shop AU where he's entered into a turbulent romance with his male coworker despite the fact that he has a wife and kids IRL? Shouldn't people admit they're making up a fictional character at that point?

I get the appeal of RPF - like I said, I enjoy fics where the actors are themselves, or getting along on set, or hell, being in secret slashy ships on set based on real interviews or something - but just like with fictional AU there are limits before things stop being the character you're trying to write. With real life people, where you can legitimately say you know Harry Potter better than your favorite actor in reality, the limits are even shorter than fictional ones, is all.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I'm claiming no such thing. I'm sure it's horribly inaccurate. In which case, why does anyone care if we write RPF? It's not like we KNOW the actors. He/she/they totally wouldn't react like that. We KNOW that we're writing the public personas that they choose to project to the world. Just pretend it's fictional (because, you know, it is) and let us do write we want.

I know my favorite actor as well as I know Harry Potter. Both are fictional personas. If there were a *real* Harry Potter, I would know him about as well as I know the real personality of my favorite actor (which is not at all).

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

is anyone here saying you're not allowed to write it

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Unless you've read seven books worth of 10+ years of your favorite actor's life and were privy to his intimate thoughts and his darkest moments all the way from when he was prepubescent to when he graduated high school, you really don't know him as well as you know Harry, just sayin'.

I never said people should stop doing it or feel bad about it. Only said at that point, they should admit they're writing original characters drawing on real peoples' appearances and mannerisms, and not "real person fiction." Since, you know, it's not about a real person at all. But you're getting real defensive here so I'm going to bow out.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Before you go "but I've never read Harry Potter! Lulz jokes on you!": the Harry thing was assuming the writer is a HP fan. Obviously. Replace HP with whatever fandom fictional character you choose, whose life and thought processes you are much more privy to than any real life celeb.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Do I know this person whose profession happens to be acting, his innermost thoughts and deepest desires and his feelings and passions and his soul? No. I don't want to. Because people keep things secret for a reason, and it's not my business to know those things.

Do I know a whole lot of the public details that this actor has chosen to present for public consumption through various media as part of the persona he presents to the world and his fans? Yep. And those are the details I use to write.

I have no illusions that RPfic is "real person". I never said I was writing actual people. I'm still writing a character. I think a lot of people who protest the practice don't actually realize that, and if they did, we wouldn't be having this debate.