Hmm, see I'm very often the opposite, which is annoying. I think it's the kinds of characters I tend to love - random, often-angry, slightly crazy types who tend to make a big show of themselves and embarass themselves and me, but whom I love anyway. See: Craig, Barty Crouch Jr, the Hook-handed Man, etc. And mostly I just want to write fic from the pov of other, more normal characters, thinking that 'omg, they're so crazy, and YET SO PRETTY!' - which I recognise is bordering on idolisation and a little bit self-inserty. But apparently quite a few other people do it too (by which I mean most people who answered my poll), though perhaps still not to my extreme, which makes me feel a little better.
I'm trying to break down that way of thinking a little bit, since I've realised it doesn't make for great writing and tends to make my head hurt - fleshing out my favourite characters from just crazy-and-pretty, so they have a bit of depth as well, which really is more interesting than what I have been doing. So...yes. Getting there, but apparently not alone anyway :)
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Date: 2005-12-03 08:47 am (UTC)I'm trying to break down that way of thinking a little bit, since I've realised it doesn't make for great writing and tends to make my head hurt - fleshing out my favourite characters from just crazy-and-pretty, so they have a bit of depth as well, which really is more interesting than what I have been doing. So...yes. Getting there, but apparently not alone anyway :)