Anthony:
Ya know....I never though about it that way. Everytime I write a TMyst Fan Fic I always portray the Turtles as I saw them in the Cartoon or in the Movies, and I always wondered why almost everybody who worte a TMNT Fic changed the Turtles into something that I really dont want to see them as or something that puts them in a really weird state of mind.
~This thread got carried over in more depth on the other list, but I'd like to post my response here, too. The point being that as fanfic writers we may throw the TMNT into somewhat different situations than they may have been in in the Official Universes, but I think most of us keep them true to character, mostly because the characters are so strong. What I had said was:
~Y'know...no one's gonna believe me, but I never *intended* to write romance either. I was writing an action/adventure story. But the characters just kept insisting on it. That's one of those things I've learned about writing as a result of playing with all this fanfiction. I might have one idea about how I think things should go, but golly, those characters might have a whole different idea. And if I just get out of the way and let them tell their own story, it seems to work out rather well. And even if what they *do* pushes the envelope, who they fundamentally *are* seems to come through loud and clear.
~GW
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