Oh, so much word -- especially on the HP stuff. (Post-Book 7, I'm kind of a bitter ex-fan who only remains in fandom to hang out at Death to CapsLock and read the really good fanfic, i.e. Maya.)
But Animorphs makes me happy! I honestly think that reading good sci-fi/fantasy in general, and Animorphs in particular, pushed me towards a bioethics major. And one of the things that, upon reread, really impresses me about KAA is that she can write with such fantastic character voices. As was pointed out in the Opinionated Reviews, you could delete all of the names from the book and still figure out who's narrating based on the style. Cassie is more poetic, Marco jokes, etc. The ability to imitate that is one of the hallmarks of really good fanfic. (The Bounty is incredible in this respect.) And because we get all of these voices, we understand their points of view more.
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Date: 2010-03-03 03:19 am (UTC)But Animorphs makes me happy! I honestly think that reading good sci-fi/fantasy in general, and Animorphs in particular, pushed me towards a bioethics major. And one of the things that, upon reread, really impresses me about KAA is that she can write with such fantastic character voices. As was pointed out in the Opinionated Reviews, you could delete all of the names from the book and still figure out who's narrating based on the style. Cassie is more poetic, Marco jokes, etc. The ability to imitate that is one of the hallmarks of really good fanfic. (The Bounty is incredible in this respect.) And because we get all of these voices, we understand their points of view more.