Octaves of the Heart Interview with Trammie
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Octaves of the Heart Interview with Trammie |
| Interviewer: | Octaves of the Heart |
| Interviewee: | Trammie |
| 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 Trammie is posted at the Buffy website Octaves.
For others in this series, see Octaves of the Heart Interview Series.
Trammie Said
I never watched BtVS until Grad I & II, then started watching in season four. I seem to be one of the few who really liked Riley and I liked him with Buffy ... until I kept hearing all these references to Angel and things that had happened in the past. I was so curious I ended selling my soul to ebay to get tapes of the first three seasons (pre-DVD days). The first time I saw Angel and Buffy together, that was it, that's all it took. Still liked Riley, but could never see him or anyone else with Buffy except Angel, nor Angel with anyone but Buffy and STILL can't.
I'd never seen such a deep, sacrificing, epic kind of love story like theirs that caught me and still holds me as it did from the first. The contrasts and similarities, the magnetism inextricably repelling and pulling them together fascinated me and still does. SMG and DB deserve tremendous credit for making their characters so real, their emotions and actions so believable.
Desperate for more information about Buffy and Angel I started browsing online for more background. That's when I discovered fanfic, I'd never even heard of it before. Some of the first authors I read were Harpy, indie, Margot, Lex and Ducks. The more I read the more I searched for new fics.
I got to be friends with several authors and somewhere along the way started betaing fics. I have a deep and sincere respect and admiration for writers who put their hearts into their words and share that gift with the rest of us. Especially the ones who take the time to polish and present it the way it deserves to be. It's always been special to me to be allowed to help in some way in that process.
I never, ever expected to be a writer myself. No small thanks to indie that I became one. She had the beginnings of a fic, among others, that I fell in love with and couldn't seem to get out of my mind. Somehow it went from her story, to both of us working on it, to just me writing it, so I give her liberal credit for her part in it. She's given a lot of herself - her friendship, her experience, her insight and her encouragement. I found I really enjoyed writing, the feeling that sometimes scenes seem to write themselves. Not so fond of the ones that don't. I'm still trying to get used to the fact that I wrote something at all.
I have many favorite authors, but the one I love the best is and always will be Harpy. I didn't discover her until just before she left the fandom and I still mourn her loss to it. She portrayed both of them so beautifully, but especially Angel in the way I think I've always envisioned him and still do. Think my BA heart will always see them the same ... always deeply in love forever and back together where they belong when it's finally their time.