Day 24: 100 Days Challenge

[mayalaen]

May 28, 2015
Question 24. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite? And why?

Dean Winchester of Supernatural is my favorite character to write because I really identify with him and it feels like sliding right into his head. Even when I’m writing him in a different setting or trying to make him into something else (like when I wrote him as a transgendered female), it still feels easy to slip into his head.

Benny is very hard for me to write. And I don’t know why. I like including him in fic, but I feel this odd disconnect with him, and I always hope it doesn’t show in my writing.

I’d like to expand and write more in other fandoms. In fact I’d love to try my hand at The Blacklist, but wow, I don’t know if I could do Red justice.

I’ve written Daniel and Jack from Stargate, and I’ve always wanted to try the characters from SGA too. I’ve written AtS/BtVS, which again was fairly easy because I felt like I could slide right into Angel, Spike, and Xander’s headspace.

I’ve written tons of different characters for Supernatural, and yet none of them are as hard for me as Benny. If anyone has a clue as to why that is, feel free to let me know.

~Maya