I think the Derry fic is probably some of the best examples of how to do John and Aeryn as parents well and realistically.
why thank you... someone else said something similar and asked if I was a mother in real life: not to kids (unless you count my boss and WE ARE SO NOT GOING THERE) but to a buttload of animals. when I wrote the Jack-Aeryn-Olivia story, a had Jack make a comment about Olivia being a bit wacked when it came to that dog; based on a true life comment my mother made to me. :-)
Anyway... it's easy to fall into the hurt-comfort and the cookie cutter kid scenarioes as they are prevalent in fic and on television ALL THE FRELLING TIME. And they are hard to get away from. I'm writing family scenarioes based on what I see in real life -- god forbid I would ACTUALLY want to see something like this, but I'm waiting for a fic where John and or Aeryn have to walk away from the kid for fear of hurting them in a physical sense because as sad as it it, that's a part of real life too.
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Date: 2003-09-18 07:03 am (UTC)why thank you... someone else said something similar and asked if I was a mother in real life: not to kids (unless you count my boss and WE ARE SO NOT GOING THERE) but to a buttload of animals. when I wrote the Jack-Aeryn-Olivia story, a had Jack make a comment about Olivia being a bit wacked when it came to that dog; based on a true life comment my mother made to me. :-)
Anyway... it's easy to fall into the hurt-comfort and the cookie cutter kid scenarioes as they are prevalent in fic and on television ALL THE FRELLING TIME. And they are hard to get away from. I'm writing family scenarioes based on what I see in real life -- god forbid I would ACTUALLY want to see something like this, but I'm waiting for a fic where John and or Aeryn have to walk away from the kid for fear of hurting them in a physical sense because as sad as it it, that's a part of real life too.