The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with Ramos
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with Ramos |
| Interviewer: | The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive |
| Interviewee: | Ramos |
| Date(s): | MAy 17, 2005 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | X-Men |
| External Links: | the interview is here, Archived version |
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The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with Ramos was conducted in 2005.
Other Interviews in the Series
See The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
The movie-verse stories do require that slightly more subtle approach, not just because their back history is less concrete than the comic characters, but also because - in my opinion - the movie-verse is set so much more in the 'real' world. I loved X-Men comic books, especially the ones with Jubilee in them, because of the extraordinary, larger than life characters. But as I got older and more experienced with writing and character development I realized the more subtle characters were more interesting than the loud ones. I've never really received any feedback from fans who did not like my characterization, and I think that's largely because feel strongly about maintaining the character as presented. I cannot stand stories that present main canon characters in ways that are completely contrary to the way they've been presented so far. I think the idea of Scott Summers disappearing in the back yard to light up a joint of marijuana would be an interesting departure from the norm, but having a Scott Summers who's mainlining heroin is just way off base.
I think my greatest strength is my ability to project a character. The person is usually fully realized in my head, with all their quirks and hang-ups and little habits. It actually makes the dialogue easier to write, because I go into the scene knowing what pieces of information I want to reveal and who is going to say it. The characters themselves are ready in my head to ad-lib the bits until everything comes out just right. To be honest, I wish my plots were a little better - sometimes they're so thin and transparent I'm surprised I don't get a ton of e-mails telling me they saw it coming from miles away.
A while after the first X-Men movie came out, I found the WXF web site that was sponsoring a contest to write a sequel to the movie. The idea of what the next movie treatment might entail was intriguing, and since I'm always rolling my eyes at the drivel that passes as mainstream entertainment, I thought I ought to put up or shut up. Most fan fic writing tends to focus on a single character and that character's development, while a "Hollywood" treatment would require an ensemble approach and a tight plot. I wrote X-Cursions based on this premise. I wanted to show what happened to all the characters, not just one or two. I tried to envision how each character would have grown, and developed into an individual and as a team member of the X-Men. I had to come up with a villain, and in my opinion religious fundamentalism has always been the worst evil to come out of civilization. Once I had my characters pointed in the right direction, the bad guy set on an intercept course, and a few decent sub-plots for humor and character development, it all came together nicely.