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Which Sherlock/John version do you picture in your head when you write and/or read fanfic?
(I am curious because mine seem to change fluidly depending on what I am working on: sometimes I even see them as anime! Of course now that I've said that, you can all laugh at me.)
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crazybbcamerican wrote:
Which Sherlock/John version do you picture in your head when you write and/or read fanfic?
(I am curious because mine seem to change fluidly depending on what I am working on: sometimes I even see them as anime! Of course now that I've said that, you can all laugh at me.)
Oh, no reason to laugh, I think. There are a few books where my imagination always switches to cartoons, such as all the discword novels. (And with using the word "cartoon" instead of "anime" I've probably demonstrated how old I am. I never caught up with anime.)
When reading, I usually see them as shown on BBC, even when I read canon. Only that then they wear funny clothing. There was a time (loooooong ago, like weeks!!), when my mind would stop seeing what I'm reading when Johnlock stories got to explicit. That's over now.
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Writing:
Depends on what fandom I am writing for. Since I mostly write for BBC Sherlock, that is what/who I see in my head. If I was writing fanfiction for the Downey Jnr films, I would picture those actors/characters in my head.
Reading: fanfiction
I mostly read fanfiction that is written for the BBC Sherlock fandom so I still picture benji & marty.
Reading: original connon doyle stories.
For some reason, I find it easier to picture a younger version of Downey Jnr (perhaps from his Chaplin days); not sure why. I guess the Downey films were the first major visual exposure I had to the Holmes stories and I chased up the original short stories after watching the first Downey Jnr film so it kind of stuck with me.