Octaves of the Heart Interview with Dolores Labouchere
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| Title: | Octaves of the Heart Interview with Dolores Labouchere |
| Interviewer: | Octaves of the Heart |
| Interviewee: | Dolores Labouchere |
| Date(s): | 2006? |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Buffyverse |
| External Links: | "online here". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. (scroll down) |
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Octaves of the Heart Interview with Dolores Labouchere is posted at the Buffy website Octaves.
For others in this series, see Octaves of the Heart Interview Series.
Dolores Labouchere Said
I started off writing Star Trek: Voyager fic in 1998, but I didn't take the show that seriously so almost all of the fic was parody (and that show was an easy target). BtVS was the first show that I wanted to write more serious fic for, and as I'd fallen in love with Oz's character pretty much from the first episode I saw ('Amends'), he's been the focus of most of my fic since.
I'm actually a gay guy (despite the pseudonym) which unsurprisingly means I tend to write slash - and I'll admit that my main reason for pairing Oz and Angel in the first place was aesthetics. They look nice, they should kiss! I do try to find plausible ways of getting them together, but I'm not sure it works all the time. But then the challenge of trying is half the fun for me.
Joyce is the other character I fell in love with. I can't quite explain what attracts me to her character. It's possibly the fact that she is relatively unexplored by both other writers and the show, so there's a lot of potential there. Whatever the reason I find her really fun to write and I think Kristine Sutherland is a fantastic actress.
Other than that I've written a range of rather unusual pairings, usually just for a laugh. I'm strange like that. Of my own fics, my favourite is probably The Picture, with Gap in the Clouds a close second. I find fault in pretty much everything else.
As for other authors:Faithtastic is just outstanding (although I may be biased), and I'll read pretty much anything by Kate Bolin If I had to pick one individual piece... I couldn't, but Still Life With Slash by Puca comes close to being my favourite.
Although I reserve the right to change my mind tomorrow.