Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Ray Reynolds
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lois & Clark Nfic Archive Interview with Ray Reynolds |
| Interviewer: | |
| Interviewee: | Ray Reynolds |
| Date(s): | early 2000s |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
| External Links: | Lois & Clark, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Ray Reynolds was interviewed for the Lois & Clark Nfic Archive.
See that site for others in this series.
The introduction:
If last week's guest on The Readers' Choice, Merry, is known as the Queen of Feedback, our guest this week is deservedly known as its king. Although he tends not to post feedback publicly very often, there can't be many fanfic writers around who have not received one of his long, thoughtful and complimentary analyses of their fic. He's a powerful Muse motivator, and dear to the hearts of Lois and Clark fanfic writers everywhere.
Some Excerpts
What drew you to Lois and Clark? At the time it was the latest version of the Superman legend on TV. I wasn't specifically interested in the Lois & Clark dynamic but I really enjoyed the Pilot and the treatment of Clark as the real guy with problems like the rest of us. I even forgave Dean for the brown eyes! (LOL!)
Tearjerkers? Unlike a lot of other people, in my opinion, and I think unlike a lot of males, again in my opinion, I like a good tear jerker. I've been know to tear up a time or two when the story is so well told that I couldn't do anything else. I can even handle deathfic, again as long as the story is told well. Elseworlds? I find them very interesting, as long as the characters are reasonably true to what they should be or a compelling reason for the change is made. Having Lois or Clark as a doctor or novelist is not that farfetched so who is to say that things couldn't happen that might make them change careers.
Can you choose one, possibly two, stories you'd consider personal favourites, and tell us what you like about them? Wow, tough question. I really don't want to hurt the feelings of any authors by limiting my choice like that, but, if I had to choose I would take the two longest stories I read at the beginning of my fanfiction "career". Those stories would be "Meet Me in Kansas City", and "Heaven's Prisoners". These two stories I think would be considered required reading for anyone new to fan fiction. Both are extremely well told, both explore Lois and Clark's feelings for one another in totally different ways, but both pull the reader in and make them care about the people and what happens to them. I know that "Heaven's Prisoners" was the first story that caused me to choke up when I read it. Even now, probably four years later, I can still remember my emotions when reading that story. That is what fanfiction is all about.