Reasons I write (or wrote) fanfic

From cesare, via seperis, originated by helens78:

Bold any reasons that apply to you, strike out any that don't (if you feel like it), and add three reasons of your own to the bottom.

REASONS I WRITE FANFIC

1. To explore themes that I don't get to see in mass media using characters I love.
2. Because it's fun.
3. Because mass media does a crappy job of representing my race* and sexual orientation. *In my Caucasian case, for 'my race' substitute diversity.
4. Because I can get more people aboard my ship writing a story than a manifesto.
5. Because TV science-fiction doesn't explore its science-fiction premises in enough depth.
6. Because it's a gift I can give a stranger and know they will enjoy it.
7. Because I resonate emotionally with the characters what I read and watch, and want to find out why by writing about it.
8. Because every tale is a universe, often with fascinating nooks and crannies that the original author never explored.
9. Because I've made some of my best and dearest friends through this very wacky hobby.
10. Because the world the creator made is vast, and I want to see more of it.
11. Because writing as a communal experience is amazing.
12. Because I can.
13. Because I get so much enjoyment from reading fan fiction that I want to contribute to the community by providing enjoyment for other fans.
14. When I become interested in particular actors and/or characters, sometimes I want to explore them in different contexts than their canons would ever allow.
15. I enjoy writing but I feel ambivalent about trying to get published; writing fan fiction frees me by removing the pressure to sell from consideration.

16. Because of 'tribbers copies (I didn't have a lot of money so I contributed drawings and stories to zines I wanted free copies of.)
17. Because I had a talent for writing humor, even for not-very-humorous shows, and I loved it when people laughed.
18. Because I was once part of a fun fannish clique of talented women who encouraged me to write, talked story with me, and applauded what I wrote.

Thanks to Sage, I have come up with a sneaky way to post my piccies

Here is a picture of Scully I had in m LJ scrapbook (as I said before, WHO KNEW I had an LJ scrapbook?!) I was able to use the html address to post to Dreamwidth... thanks for the suggestion and "how to", sage!

Since she's here, I'll do an entry on her:

Likes about Scully:

Cute, weirdly short bobtail. Very stylish.

Dislikes about Scully:

Recently read that truncated tails caused by genetics could become arthritic in old age, so now I'm becoming a hypochondriac on her behalf.

Likes about Scully:

She occasionally and hilariously punches ComicbookMan in the face (no claws) while he's asleep on the bed, probably because his head goes where she curls up when he's not there.

Dislikes about Scully:

It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.

Likes about Scully:

Despite her comfortable middle-aged (even dumpy) body shape and short little legs, she's unexpectedly awesome in her ability to scale a doorway, a prodigious climb for any cat let alone one as round as she is.

Dislikes about Scully:

She seems to do it only when I'm asleep, to motivate me to wake up and feed her, and I've yet to see her do it when I'm wearing glasses.

Likes about Scully:

When she's on top of my computer monitor (about shoulder-high), if I tilt my head down towards her in a slight bow, she reflexively tilts her head down, too, so that I can bump foreheads with her. MY CAT IS APPARENTLY PART ATHOSIAN!

Dislikes about Scully:

There is no drawback to having an Athosian cat.