#also I'm talking like. sometimes it's like a thirty second clip or a trailer and I'm like 'RIGHT back on the horse.'

[marypsue]

tfw the Media Property Obsession is waning for whatever reason and the more it wanes, the easier it is to lose track of the vibe of the setting and the memory of the characters’ voices when you’re writing, so you have to take occasional breaks to briefly return to the canon and pickle your brain in the Media Property Obsession to make sure what you’re writing doesn’t go sliding into the Fandom Uncanny Valley

#yes this is probably better and less embarrassingly put as 'when you rewatch/reread/etc canon to make sure your characterisation is accurate #but also there's. a Feeling. you either know it or you don't. #also I'm talking like. sometimes it's like a thirty second clip or a trailer and I'm like 'RIGHT back on the horse.' #'time to reread what I wrote and find the places where he would not fucking say that' #even if 'he' wasn't even in those thirty seconds #it's about. the ATMOSPHERE. the MILIEUX. the JE NE SAIS QUOI of THIS STORY #maybe I'd be a better origfic author if I could figure out how to do this with something I invented