Christopher Angel wrote:
Look thanks for the comments about my fanfics. But I wasn't asking about
them
specifically. My question was why no one has problems with someone who
writes nothing but
Ranma or Tenchi or Sailor Moon, (which is essentually writing exclusively
about the title
characters.) but a the same time, people tend to think of a writer (any
writer) as
obsessive if they write about Operative A, or Mikado, or Wurzel (from
Lensman).
*sigh* The simple fact is that you're associated with a work that centers
around Trakal. You NAME YOURSELF after him. 90% of the material you
release is related to him in some way.
As for being obsessive about other characters.....uh...who says we DON'T
point it out? It's happened before, and will happen again. I picked up the
"God-Boy" nickname thanks to one of my better known works, and my
love-affair with self-insertion in general. I expect Donny Cheng has been
accused multiple times of being WAY too fond of Ranma. Zen freely admits
his Ukyou favoritism. (Forgive me for mentioning y'all.)
Jeez, what's the chances of being named twice in the same thread. ^_^
Anyway, you are correct. I have been accused that. Ranma is my
favorite character and I freely admit that. I've also been accused of
hating Ranma, because of some of the things I've put him through. But
in either case, whether I make his life great or bad, he is usually the
central character of my stories.
If you INSIST about writing about one character 90% of the time, people will
pick up on the trend, and "accuse" you of being obsessed. It's a fact of
life that you have to accept.
*Sigh* God-Boy's right. Trakal, people also have problems with people
that write only mainstream characters all the time. I'm sure Zen (sorry
for mentioning you) has also received some comments on his Ukyo
stories. Some things are just plain noticeable and people will comment
as people will do.