snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games, @ 2006-04-28 20:28:00 |
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Entry tags: | interviews, team angst |
PARTICIPANT INTERVIEW # 38
Original poster: snarrymod
Your Name (and lj name, if different): Majenta (I usually write under the LJ _majenta but signed up as mana_sama)
Your Team: Angst
1. What made you decide to agree to compete in these games?
While Snarry is absolutely my favorite fandom to write in, I felt like I never did much to involve myself in it (college has something to do with that XD) and so I wanted to participate to become more involved and get to know more people.
2. Why did you choose the Angst/Romance Team?
I chose angst because it tends to be what I write and gravitate towards. I love romance, of course, and romance+angst is my favorite.
3. Have you always been interested in the Severus Snape/Harry Potter dynamic?
Them as a couple didn't occur to me for many years. I started reading the series just after the fourth book had come out and at that time I couldn't really decide on any particular pair that I liked. I was always interested in Snape, though, and I thought him the most complex and engaging character in the series. When I stumbled across the pairing one day, it was love at first sight.
4. What is more challenging to you – working WITH strict canon or working AROUND strict canon?
Working around strict canon is always harder for me. I'm really obsessive about not digressing too much from their personalities in the books and so whenever I write about them it takes about a million pages for them to actually get together.
5. What motivates you?
In general? I feel a drive to express myself in fiction and art. I don't feel complete unless I'm doing it. Snarry as a couple has me extremely motivated because I am fascinated by their dynamic.
6. Do you have plans for (or are you already writing) original fiction?
Yes. Actually, most of what I've written in the past/write now is original. Snarry is the first thing to really seriously get me into fanfiction writing.
7. What three things are necessary for you to enjoy a story you are reading?
Canon, canon and canon. No, seriously. If a story becomes too unbelievable or the characters too OOC or the universe too AU, I have a very hard time staying engaged because it's those specific characters and that specific universe that I'm reading fanfiction to hear about in the first place. Also, good grammar. And if the story can make me cry, I'm willing to forgive almost anything!
8. What are your Top 5 favourite fanfiction stories?
If You Are Prepared, Absolution, The Price of Magic, Requiem, and The Last Good Year (not Snarry, but I can't help myself)
9. Do you have a story (any fandom) you've done that you are most proud of? Would you link it here for us?
I am most proud of No Heaven, which is my looooong Snarry novel. The first draft reached almost 600 pages before I abandoned it and started to rewrite it. I only have the first few parts up online right now, but I have a ton more that is still unedited on my computer that I need to go through.
Here's a link to the first chapter. All other chapters can be found on that journal: http://users.livejournal.com/_majenta/3
10. Are you excited about the Games?
YES!!
Thank you, mana_sama! And a special thank-you for taking on the job when your team went down a member! Three cheers for Majenta!