@Trish67 I think it's an indirect way of procrastination. I mean, I call writing fanfiction practise or exercise to make it more acceptable, but really, it's just easier and more fun to write fanfiction than... you know. Digging deep into our subconscious to write an authentic story of our own. It's more work. Requires more staring off into the distance plotting than actual writing. More questions to answer/prevent/avoid. More research to do. Just a tsunami of hard work and long hours.
@Rebel Dynasty Ohhhh yes. I actually came across a writer who had basically used an alternate version of my protagonist couple. So hers had more piercings and tattoos and stuff but essentially, same appearance, same relationship, same situation (well okay, her guy was a vampire whereas mine was unofficially something of the supernatural sort), I mean DOWN TO THE NAMES. Julian and Claire. I nearly died from a writer-spasm when I came across her story. It was just. Absolutely. Fudging. Impossibly. Unbelievable. Here I've been working on these characters and their story for 7 years and along comes this other newb writer with carbon copies of MINE.
I mean, I know a copy if I see one but I've never put my story out there (it's basically under lock and key, written in sometimes indecipherable handwriting, all 2k pages messed up because I didn't number all of them, in a folder in a box in another box in a storage room in my parents house) it was just really, really weird.
But you know. Dante is basically the digital epitome of my twins. I won't say Vergil is really part of the package because neither of my twins are really as lame or power hungry or
psychotic as him, but definitely more like Dante. Except for the owning a business and hunting demons part. Everything else though, HOW COULD THIS BE?!?!?
Although it shouldn't be so surprising, I guess. I mean if you take Mikey (my all-time love of my life) and put a human façade on him, you basically get Dante. Lives on pizza, childish, party dude, always has something wise-ass or funny to say, I mean dude cowabunga, right? I would not be surprised if Hideki was a fan of or used TMNT's Mikey as an inspiration for Dante's personality/nicks. Because I know subconsciously I most certainly did.
Um. I actually came here to rant about something but forgot what it was. >.< LOL oh well.