Reading friends' LJ's and...
I can understand how people love different pairings in fanfic. After reading several comments, I realized that I've never been able to get into a C/A pairing in VG, *not* because I see him as whiny, homely, pathetic, though I've prolly been guilty of that myself, lol, but because I think that's an unbalanced relationship, too.
I am sure I've transformed Brian into a saint, as someone mentions, and put that way, I suppose that doesn't seem right. Hm... new food for thought. But just as often, I think I've made quite a lot of Brian's flaws, as well as Curt's, and tried to stay in what little character we're given by Todd Haynes.
But getting back to Arthur...he's more an Everyman type character, which Todd admits he cast him into, poor boy. So I could even make a case for him seeming like a MarySue, since us regular ppl can imagine ourselves in Curt's arms. Curt could fall for *us*, too. Swoon. LOL!
But Curt is far more worldly, cynical, mature, than Arthur, and that's not a basis for a healthy relationship either. At least, in my mind, Curt and Brian are both strong personalities, they may be polar opposites, in so many ways, but that makes for interesting reading, if not easy resolution.
I know, Kate would say, what's wrong with writing sappy, waffy fic? Sigh. I thought I was writing fic that was somehow better than that, I guess, and now I feel, I dunno, like I've been doing it all wrong all along.
Well, if I had to read Arthur with anyone, it's with my Jack. At least I gave Jack a personality. That's more than Todd did. ;-)
Funny thing is, in this current fic, which no one is apparently reading, lol, I've cast Arthur not as a bad guy, but as someone who *is* astute as befits his current profession of reporter. I would love to get some feedback on it, if only to know what people think of this direction, but I'm interested in where it's going for myself. So I will keep on writing if only to find out where I'm going with this.
As usual, I have no real strong idea till it suddenly hits me.