Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Puckser
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| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Puckser |
| Interviewer: | |
| Interviewee: | Puckser |
| Date(s): | July 10, 1998 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Xena: Warrior Princess |
| External Links: | full interview is here, Archived version |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Twenty-Seven Grilled Bards and One Reviewer: Puckser is a 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess fan interview at Whoosh!.
Series
For others in this series, see Whoosh! Interview Series.
Some Excerpts
Well, the show's development of latent lesbian themes in the Xena/Gabrielle relationship got my attention, but it was reading other people's fan fiction on the web that inspired me to write. I love the freedom of expression that seems to exist within the relatively narrow theme of these stories. The way a particularly appealing aspect can be developed over and over from infinite perspectives. I love that anyone could write and post something. I love the way the whole venue puts a wide variety of (once invisible) lesbian sex on display for all the world to see. Then, once I was actually writing, it was the thrill of the art itself that kept me inspired. Writing is a powerful experience. Writing sex is even more powerful.
Uber stories seem like a very creative adaptation by fan fic writers to broaden the boundaries we can write within and still be doing Xena fan fic. I am not familiar with the controversy as I should be, but I would define Uber Xena as anything that resurrects their characters in a new time/place. I have enjoyed many of the stories, and find that on the fringes of Uber, we can almost see these new writers spinning off on their own. I just love the idea of talented lesbian/lesbian-positive writers developing their many skills and spreading them all over the world. I love that! I don't have any plans to write uber stuff at this time.
Well, as I implied above, I am on a mission to save the world, and hope that through these writings lots of womyn will get really hot for each other, which I am quite sure could save us all if it happened on a global scale. I really think lesbian sex is terrific blended with action, adventure and magic. (Maybe that's how many lesbians actually live do you suppose?) So. My writing may be more expressive than a search for validation.