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#Post 1: FanFic Research
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The fandom which I chose is the movie 'Inside out'(2015). The reason why I chose this movie is that I have always had desire to add more Inside out's feeling figured characters and wanted to express a variety of people's complex and delicate thoughts as well as minds not mere five feelings after I finished watching this. To get some advice, I have read three other fanfics in fandom 'Inside out' from the three different authors.
Firstly, while I was reading 'Inside out: Emotions' best friend' by the author 'briannaaumondreaaux' (2018), I could figure out the author use the script writing style not actually the prose. However, that helped me to understand who said what easily, and by using the bracket, I could imagine the characters' facial expressions and acting. Although this author's story is not yet finished, I think the theme of this story might be 'Joy' and other feeling's process to be mature through experiencing and dealing with the incident of adopting the puppy brianna and losing her. I thought it might be better if the author mention more about Riley's outside situation so that I could understand why her inside feelings suddenly changed.
The second fan fiction I have read was 'Inside Out, my story' by the author 'ry93mac'(2017). As can be seen from the title, the author became one of the characters in this story. I think this is quite a brilliant idea to be one of the characters because I could imagine in my own point of view, manifest values that I have and share them to the readers. Moreover, the story gives a lesson about true friendship whereas the original movie is more focused on the recovery of the family relationship. Since the idea of showing both inside feelings' story and outside of person's story is the movie's feature, just changing the main character(Riley) and the synopsis seems great like this author's story.
Finally, the last story's title is 'One summer of Joy' by the author 'Svinorita'(2017). Different from other authors who were using script writing format, this author writes prose. Nevertheless, I could read it easily and the story was also interesting. The story is set focused on Joy's depression caused by her sudden doubt on her position as Riley's lead emotion really going to last forever, not on outside's situation. I was impressed by this story because younger people tend to be happier than adults and this story represents this. However, Joy overcome it with help from Fear and other feelings. One funny thing is Joy and Fear fell in love with each other at the end of the story. Except this ending, the process to recover Joy's confidence was quite impressive.
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References
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briannaaumondreaaux (2018). Inside out Emotions best friend.
Retrieved from
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12814677/1/Inside-out-Emotions-best-friend
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Docter, P.,& Carmen, R. (2015). Inside Out [Motion Picture]. France: Pixar.
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ry93mac (2017). Inside Out my story.
Retrieved from
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12593406/1/Inside-Out-my-story
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Svinorita (2017). One Summer of Joy.
Retrieved from
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12641867/1/One-Summer-of-Joy
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#Post 2: FanFic Create
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#Chapter 1
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Loneliness
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While Riley’s new life started excitingly in San Francisco, thanks to Riley's Joy realized that she needs Sadness inside her mind to overcome hardship and to make her happy again. At the same time, Lisa was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her black pearl eyes ‘used to’ please her mum and dad, she recalls. Her mum and dad told her that when she was a new-born baby, everyone who saw her were fascinated by her super soft and sleek skin and innocent smile. Although she was only a small baby girl, she hardly grumbled about her discomfort and when she has grown up to seven years old, Lisa’s every surrounding people spoke highly of her politeness. Her friends also followed her, due to her mysterious charm and kindness. She felt happy every day. But after she graduated from the high school…
“She feels LONELY every day.” said Sadness, as though she was about to cry.
“Yeah. She feels lonely these days. I tried my best to make Lisa happy using her core memories like her best friends when they first chatted in the dormitory which helped her overcome sadness which was caused by being separated from her beloved family. But it worked only temporarily then she felt blue again.” Said Joy, sighing out loud.
“Arrrrr. I’m getting sick of this. I wanna have break. Bye guys.” Said Disgust.
“Heyyyy. Stop! If you leave, Lisa cannot express her… Well, she used not to express her discomfort anyways.” Said Fear, timid and carefully.
“That’s why I want to rest. I’m not used to being here. I don’t know why Lisa started to feel under the weather.” Said Disgust with exhausted voice.
“You guys know what? Lisa’s university studies just started at AUT but all of her friends are studying overseas and her parents are still working in Christchurch. Even her brother, who used to be her best buddy is also staying with her parents. She doesn’t know anyone studying with her, but they seemed to know each other very well. Oh, why on earth is the situation doing this to me! WHY! Joy, this was completely your choice, can you please tell me - why you make Lisa choose to study in Auckland?” said Anger with aggressive voice.
“Yeah. Say something, Joy.” Said Sadness, Disgust and Fear.
“Whoa, everyone. Don’t be so aggressive. I made Lisa study at Auckland because…”
#Chapter 2
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The Root
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“Because she was too dependent until now.” Said Joy.
“Wait. What? What do you mean?” Said everyone except Joy, at the same time.
“You know? Lisa has hardly approached to another person first. Here are the long-term memories and have a close look at them. Can you see? Since she was very young, other persons almost always expressed their love to her first and then she used to just respond to them. Even in the middle and high school, she never asked her questions to her teachers until the other students made same question as her. I recall when she was attending high school, she also depended too much on one of her friends who was excellent in mathematics. It might have been bothersome to her friend. Well, Lisa wasn’t an adult, and she also helped the math girl with her art skills so let’s pretend those were fine. But now, she is clearly an adult. I started to feel ‘It would be great if Lisa starts her Uni at the different area and learns how to be independent!’. But… It is too difficult for me to make her independent. Fear,” Said Joy.
“Yes.” Said Fear in earnest.
“You’ve touched Lisa’s feeling quite frequently these days, right?”
“Oh, yes yes…”
“I think Lisa is afraid of talking to other people first.” Said Joy.
Joy continued, “This is because she was not used to talking to other people. I’ve always tried my best to make Lisa smile to everyone who smiles at Lisa first and Disgust, you’ve even taken a deep rest to make her polite, to make her a warm-hearted person. Yeah… now I have realized… That was - THE ROOT! To be a kind person, Lisa always have been anxious about hurting other people. Sadness, you’ve always been so emotional when someone slandered Lisa. But her best friends were always with her so that’s why I could make her happy. What about now? No best friends live with her, no family live with her. Finish listening to lecture, taking shuttle bus, going back to her flat right away, jumping onto her comfortable bed and staying there like a rock which has stuck on land, texting family and friends but they have their own lives so that they could not reply her text messages immediately. During that time, her loneliness is maximized.”
#Chapter 3
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The Solution
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“I thoroughly understand you now, but when it comes to THE SOLUTION - so what is your suggestion to help Lisa find her smile again?” Said Anger.
“Fear.” Said Joy.
“Why?” Fear opened her eyes widely.
“I need you.”
“WHAT???”
“We have to make Lisa get over her hesitation to talk to other people first. In that case, we need to make her fear change into joy.”
“How can we do that?”
“Well, first, let’s take out one of her long-term memories related to her best friend!”
“Like what?”
“Like when Lisa had a tough time through solving mathematics problems, and right next to her, do you remember there was a math girl?”
“Oh… yes yes…! I remember I made her hesitant to ask math girl although she is her best friend.”
“But, I persuaded you and made Lisa ask her math problems to her friend.”
“And… the math girl is now studying bachelor’s in education [mathematics] in her Uni! She was proud of herself and even seemed pleased when she taught math! That’s why Lisa kept asking her math problem to math girl.”
“Yeah. That’s what I’m saying. Lisa does not need to care too much about others. People do not know her until she expresses herself, especially in the adult world - Now, it’s time for us to make Lisa find her brightness and happiness again!”
And, that’s the how the story ends. What? You want to know if ‘Lisa’ overcomes her loneliness? Of course, it is not easy for her to suddenly become an extrovert from an introvert. But special thanks to her Joy and Fear, she remembered her memory with one of her best friends, the math girl, and tried to talk to the girl who was seated next to her in the class during the boring lecture. Fortunately, the girl also replied to her with the biggest smile and they have now become super best friend. Lisa could forget all her loneliness hanging around with her new best friend, and she can now even talk about her discomfort if she feels that way. Because now she realized true kind person means not a fool but a human who can deal with different situations in the best way.
-THE END-
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#Post 3: Peer Group Reflection
Firstly, I have looked at the ‘Doctor Who’ fanfiction written by Liam Stewart. To be honest, I have never watched this drama before. I just have heard that it is really brilliant drama and it treats the time travel stuffs. However, after finish reading his blog, my desire to start this drama surged up. It was quite interesting that he founded fandom ‘Doctor Who’ treated the previous era of the show rather than writing the future stories. With regard to his own story, the way of he creating fanfiction was interested me a lot. He kept the originality, used splendid expressions and the languages made the readers to have solely attention to his story. I want to keep reading the next story of his first fanfiction.
Second work I have looked at was ‘Adventure Time’ fanfiction written by Martain Ravn. Since I fall in love with Cartoon Network’s cartoons, I really enjoyed his story and as well as his epic, personalized blog which caught my eyes. He used script format during wrote his fanfiction which made me easy to imagine each scenes that he created. I also liked the ‘Key’ argument scene between Sandrey Febbers and Fambles O.S. I literally could not stop laughing. That was so funny. Also, he used the totally insane character, Lemongrab. I could hear Lemongrab’s annoying but attracting voice through his script. The adventurous, well-made story filled with imaginable expressions like as I finish watching one of the episodes from Adventure Time. I loved the story.
Lastly, I enjoyed ‘How I Met Your Mother’ fanfiction written by Ravaan Hashmi. I have watched the very first episode of the show because one of my last flatmates had recommended it. I liked the show but at that time, I had already started another drama called ‘Breaking Bad’. Anyway, what I want to say is her creative and interesting story also made me to start watching HIMYM again. I liked the way she’d created harmonious atmosphere through conversations in this short story. The recalls frequently used in the story which made me easier to understood the characters’ states and to empathize their feelings. While reading her story, I also realized that I felt like I’m watching the very interesting TV show. Loved it.
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References
1: Stewart, L (n.d.) Post Two: Fanfiction. Retrieved March 26, 2018, from https://pwy5272.wixsite.com/mysite/brief-one
2: Ravn, M. (2018, March 21). Adventure Time Script. Retrieved March 26, 2018, from https://www.dropbox.com/s/d82g8gqib1hpcmc/Adventure%20Time%20Fan%20Fiction%20Script.pdf?dl=0
3: Hashmi, R. (2018, March 26). Post 2. Retrieved March 26, 2018, from https://ravaanhashmi16.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2018/03/26/Post-2
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