The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with tinhutlady

Interviews by Fans
Title:	The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with tinhutlady
Interviewer:	The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive
Interviewee:	tinhutlady
Date(s):	November 1, 2003
Medium:	online
Fandom(s):	X-Men
External Links:	interview is here, Archived version
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The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview with tinhutlady was conducted in 2003.

Other Interviews in the Series

See The Wolverine & Rogue Fanfiction Archive Interview Series.

Some Excerpts

Technically speaking I didn’t start writing fanfic until high school but it really wasn’t true fanfic. I’ve always had a terrific imagination and entertained myself by making up stories about some of my favorite television shows or movies but I never considered writing them down until my sophomore year. The stories were loosely based on a series of popular movies at the time but used all original characters (hence not truly fanfic) and became a big hit with my friends. Later I stopped writing when my friends started asking for specific plots, not because I didn’t want to please them but because it’s hard for me to write something if I can’t see it. I ended up not writing again until college and then stopped again until just about a year or so ago.

While I like movies and television shows, usually I’ll follow the ones that pique my interest and don’t assume my intelligence is that of a 15-year-old boy. When I saw the first X-Men movie, I was thrilled. It brought back memories of reading the comics and watching the old TV cartoons. It was intelligent, thoughtful, and had a strong plot. There was only one problem and it nagged at me to fix it. Logan’s line to Jean about his heart belonging to someone else did not ring true to me, especially after his last scene with Rogue. The chemistry between Logan and Rogue, although not canon, was absolutely wonderful and I couldn’t get it out of my head. That led to the itch to write but I ignored it until a friend introduced me to shipper fics. Suddenly I realized I wasn’t the only one who had a problem.

I joined a list and began to read. The more I read the more I decided to take the plunge to write again and put down my version of what should happen after the end of the movie. Not knowing how long to make it, I split the story into five pieces and submitted it to a beta, thank goodness. That became the series To Know, To Teach, To Learn. The stories have not stopped since, much to my surprise, delight, and dismay. ;-)

Would I write in other genres? I’ve thought about it and I might someday. Until then I’ll stick with these characters, as they have been lots of fun to play with.