Bagma, I think you speak well and speak for many when you write,
Of course, we use Elijah's face; but it's clear from the beginning we don't describe the real Elijah. What we are picturing is our fantasy of him, and we are free to do that and share the product of our imagination with others, IMO.
But I like to know that the real actor is not outraged by it. I like him, I'm grateful to him, so I wouldn't want to make him miserable. But, it sounds as though this doesn't make him miserable, per se, even if it might cause him to roll his eyes and wonder what we see in him and the character he created.
I agreed with this wholeheartedly:
I need a good manip: I want to forget it's not real while I'm looking at it, like I want to believe the story is true while I'm reading a fic:).
I love that in a fanfic, that the author can make me suspend disbelief and believe her world (at least while I am reading it!), or believe her manip in so far as it shows good technique and presents an image of the character I can respond to and recognize (and I think we can call Elijah Wood a character in so far as he appears in fics and manips, since he is merely a model for the role created by fans).
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Date: 2006-06-26 09:50 pm (UTC)Of course, we use Elijah's face; but it's clear from the beginning we don't describe the real Elijah. What we are picturing is our fantasy of him, and we are free to do that and share the product of our imagination with others, IMO.
But I like to know that the real actor is not outraged by it. I like him, I'm grateful to him, so I wouldn't want to make him miserable. But, it sounds as though this doesn't make him miserable, per se, even if it might cause him to roll his eyes and wonder what we see in him and the character he created.
I agreed with this wholeheartedly:
I need a good manip: I want to forget it's not real while I'm looking at it, like I want to believe the story is true while I'm reading a fic:).
I love that in a fanfic, that the author can make me suspend disbelief and believe her world (at least while I am reading it!), or believe her manip in so far as it shows good technique and presents an image of the character I can respond to and recognize (and I think we can call Elijah Wood a character in so far as he appears in fics and manips, since he is merely a model for the role created by fans).