I think the tricky thing with Heroes characters is that their lives tend to suck so much already that writing them more things to be angsty about feels like overkill. To me, anyway. Like, I have no problem writing about Claude and all his considerable issues as they stand, but adding to them seems...unnecessary to me. I have that problem with a lot of fics, especially ones in fandoms where canon is generally light-hearted or at worst dramedy (hate that word) level, because it's much too easy to over do the angst. And then it becomes, sure, you shouldn't babysit your characters, but neither should you give them a Spartan upbringing.
As for the letting them be wrong thing: I think I need to write that more often. Claude is just so awesomely fantastically competent in my mind that he is always right, no questions asked, as long as he does/thinks/says it, it's not wrong. *laughs* I'm a little too in love with his character.
We have the worst communication problems in this family
Hah! My uncle (my dad's younger brother) got divorced, and we didn't find out about it for one year. A whole year! Phone calls back and forth, emails, all that, and he never mentioned it.
Was it your birthday? Did you get clothes? I know you hate that.
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Date: 2009-08-10 09:29 pm (UTC)As for the letting them be wrong thing: I think I need to write that more often. Claude is just so awesomely fantastically competent in my mind that he is always right, no questions asked, as long as he does/thinks/says it, it's not wrong. *laughs* I'm a little too in love with his character.
We have the worst communication problems in this family
Hah! My uncle (my dad's younger brother) got divorced, and we didn't find out about it for one year. A whole year! Phone calls back and forth, emails, all that, and he never mentioned it.
Was it your birthday? Did you get clothes? I know you hate that.