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edenfallingApropos of nothing in particular, I have the oddest feeling that most people writing fanfic for The Dark Knight were not watching the same movie I saw. At all.
I came out wanting to read Rachel/Harvey and Rachel/Bruce triangle fics; Bruce/Rachel/Harvey threesome fics; police procedurals; Ramirez post-movie or pre-movie genfic; Harvey pre-movie genfic; stories in which Gordon's personal life falls apart while he copes with his new job and his 'betrayal' of his friends; stories that tie up various loose ends (like Coleman Reese, who must certainly have been hauled in for questioning now that Batman is wanted for murder); and stuff like that.
I don't think that's an unreasonable list.
But.
About 90% of the fic I have seen -- leaving aside the generally awful Bruce/OC sagas -- is Batman/Joker (wtf?), Joker/Rachel (seriously, wtf? that is not romantic; he was going to kill her and forget her within ten seconds), Joker/Harley (watch me not give a damn; Harley is only interesting with Ivy anyway), and Joker/OC (even more wtf than Joker/Rachel).
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Heath Ledger's performance was amazing. But the Joker is not much of a character. He is a cipher. As they say, he just wants to watch the world burn. And what can you do with a character like that? They used him brilliantly in the film, and by his nature he cannot grow or change, so where do you go from there? Nowhere.
Which is why I have little interest in reading about him. Especially not in porn (ick) or romance (so massively OOC that I am not even going to bother discussing it).
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I managed to stave off my initial impulse to write Iron Man fanfiction, but I have a sinking feeling that I may not be so successful with The Dark Knight. This time, you see, I have genuine plot bunnies. *sigh*
I came out wanting to read Rachel/Harvey and Rachel/Bruce triangle fics; Bruce/Rachel/Harvey threesome fics; police procedurals; Ramirez post-movie or pre-movie genfic; Harvey pre-movie genfic; stories in which Gordon's personal life falls apart while he copes with his new job and his 'betrayal' of his friends; stories that tie up various loose ends (like Coleman Reese, who must certainly have been hauled in for questioning now that Batman is wanted for murder); and stuff like that.
I don't think that's an unreasonable list.
But.
About 90% of the fic I have seen -- leaving aside the generally awful Bruce/OC sagas -- is Batman/Joker (wtf?), Joker/Rachel (seriously, wtf? that is not romantic; he was going to kill her and forget her within ten seconds), Joker/Harley (watch me not give a damn; Harley is only interesting with Ivy anyway), and Joker/OC (even more wtf than Joker/Rachel).
...
Heath Ledger's performance was amazing. But the Joker is not much of a character. He is a cipher. As they say, he just wants to watch the world burn. And what can you do with a character like that? They used him brilliantly in the film, and by his nature he cannot grow or change, so where do you go from there? Nowhere.
Which is why I have little interest in reading about him. Especially not in porn (ick) or romance (so massively OOC that I am not even going to bother discussing it).
...
I managed to stave off my initial impulse to write Iron Man fanfiction, but I have a sinking feeling that I may not be so successful with The Dark Knight. This time, you see, I have genuine plot bunnies. *sigh*
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Date: 2008-09-08 01:22 pm (UTC)I think the fascination with the Joker/Batman pairing is a bit understandable, especially if you look at comic canon, too. The two characters are undeniably obsessed with each other. Obsession is easily confused with other emotions and while I really don't see - ever - Batman/Joker porn (and please may I never see it for msyelf), I do understand the idea of writing about them together.
"You complete me." - Shivers.
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:13 am (UTC)EMOTIONAL INTENSITY (ex. HATRED, FRIENDSHIP, RIVALRY, etc.) = LOVE and/or SEX
Because, you know, most of the time hatred is hatred, rivalry is rivalry, friendship is friendship, etc.. There's no burning need to add other things into the mix to make it interesting. Hatred and friendship are interesting enough on their own.
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Except I have the sinking feeling that 90% of the world disagrees with me on that. *sigh*