Octaves of the Heart Interview with KJ Draft
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Octaves of the Heart Interview with KJ Draft |
| Interviewer: | Octaves of the Heart |
| Interviewee: | KJ Draft |
| 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 KJ Draft is posted at the Buffy website Octaves.
For others in this series, see Octaves of the Heart Interview Series.
KJ Draft Said
A "Buffy" viewer from day one, the only reason I tuned in was to see Sydney Rutledge fighting evil. Seriously. I still have some of the Swans Crossing dolls. Don't judge me. Anyway, I was immediately hooked by the humor and dialogue in Buffy, and I remember particularly liking Xander, and being impressed that the writers resisted the urge to let him 'get the girl.' An ex-boyfriend of mine worked in the FX department during the second season and brought me uncut tapes of the show. (I was living in California for a semester, but technically attending college in Ithaca, NY). I cried for about an hour after seeing "Innocence" and began recruiting others to join the agony. I didn't become truly, scarily obsessed until the 5th season, however. Why the 5th season? (coughspikeand buffycough)
The appeal of watching Spike and Buffy lies in the pure aesthetics of their freaky hot chemistry and tumultuous, complex history. A beautiful train wreck and all that. The appeal of writing them stems from the fact that I get extremely nervous when they have scenes together on the show, because I can't predict what pain they'll inflict on each other. Writing fic puts me in control. I control the pain!! Yeah, that's right!! Me!!
I fear that Tooth and Nail makes me a one hit wonder. I wasn't planning to write anything else once I got that out of my system, but for better or worse I followed it up with several other fics. I'm probably most proud of Symmetry because the dream style was a challenge, but Still Life in Sunnydale was hardest to write because it had longer components: appetizer, main course and dessert.