Octaves of the Heart Interview with Poshcat
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Octaves of the Heart Interview with Poshcat |
| Interviewer: | Octaves of the Heart |
| Interviewee: | Poshcat |
| 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 Poshcat is posted at the Buffy website Octaves.
For others in this series, see Octaves of the Heart Interview Series.
Poshcat Said
I'm fairly new to the BtVS fandom, having discovered it right around the time Buffy and Spike started to express their feelings for each other horizontally. Well, except for that first vertical time. When I discovered fanfic, it was like a drug - it made me feel high and alive and fantastic...but little did I know how much it would change me. It didn't take long before reading it wasn't enough to scratch my itch; I had to start writing it. I remember saying something like, "Hey, I bet I can write a story, too!" So I did. Fools rush in, etc., etc.
My first story was Dirty Little Secret. I managed to avoid most fanfic cliches only because I'd read so little fanfic. I hadn't even heard of cold, dead seed, for heaven's sake. ::gets misty-eyed at my innocence:: When I received my first feedback, my addiction took a turn for the hard-core. Crack springs to mind. I was terribly afraid I would turn out to be a one-hit wonder, but I learned that you have to push through that fear. Just keep writing, and then edit to within an inch of your life, that's my motto. I'm not exactly a fanfic machine - I've written maybe 10 stories. But I'm proud of every one of them (even the one where Spike drinks Buffy's pee. Um...it's sexier than it sounds). They've each pushed my limits as a writer, and I like to think each of them made my writing stronger.
Every damn one of my stories stars Spike. I focus on Confident, In Control Spike, because that's how I like him best, as opposed to Wacky Neighbour Spike. So it's all Spike, all the time, with Spike's tongue as co-star, it seems. Heh. I never set out to write quite so much porny fanfic. I mean..."erotic fanfic". Okay, no I don't. I'm sure there are many people who can read boatloads of fanfic where adventure and friendship and lovely-dovey eyes are the focus, but if I'm going to invest time in a fanfic (either reading it or writing it), somebody better be having an orgasm. In the story, I mean. Not me. Mostly. It's very empowering to be a part of a social phenomenon which caters to women's sexuality. Hollywood may not have the first clue, but Live Journal has it down to a science.
I'm not sure what the future of BtVS fanfic holds, but my guess is that while there will always be a demand for it, new fandoms will steal into our hearts. I am pretty sure, though, that there will never be a character who has the impact that Spike (and James Marsters) has had on the Internet community. Honestly, I don't know if I could survive another one!