Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Cindy Leuch
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| Title: | Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Cindy Leuch |
| Interviewer: | |
| Interviewee: | Cindy Leuch |
| Date(s): | 2001 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
| External Links: | interview is here, Archived version |
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In 2001, Cindy Leuch was interviewed for the Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.
See that site for others in this series.
Some Excerpts
I tend to have a very active imagination, and I remember that back when the show was still airing new episodes, the first few days after each episode was aired were spent dreaming up scenarios about what would happen next of what happened when the cameras weren't on the characters. Back then I didn't put any of these scenarios to paper, though. I didn't even know that there WAS Lois and Clark fanfic until last year, when I started poking around on the internet and found all sorts of interesting sites. I started reading TUFS, then moved on to S5 before finally finding the archive. Reading the stories stirred my imagination anew, and I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if the characters were put in different situations. After a while, I got an idea in my head and it just wouldn't get out, so I started writing. I think the reason that I started writing next gen stories was that there was so much that could be done. The future was something that was left very open ended on the show, and it allowed me to say, "what if...?" I could create new characters and explore new angles that, even with hundreds of fanfics written, hadn't been explored before.
I've always been attracted to the personalities of Lois and Clark (as portrayed in the show). Clark is such a caring person, yet he's not a push over. He can and does tease people, yet it's never mean spirited. His personality is very three dimensional, a nice contrast to how his character is portrayed in the movies. Lois is strong and independent and intelligent, so unlike how TV and the movies likes to portray women. I guess I could identify with Lois, and in a way that sucked me into the stories more.
You only need to look at the boards and the archive to see that there are always new and original situations that Lois and Clark can be put into. I still think that next gen is the most wide-open territory, and the possibilities in that genre are limitless.