See, actually, I would consider that option 3, you know? Three episodes is limited direct exposure, and then using fans and other research for the rest of it.
[nods] I was debating between options 2 and 3, but in the end I still chose 2 because I think there's no substitute for experiencing the canon firsthand.
No matter how much you read up on all the due South episodes, even though it's as thorough as, say, a transcript, you're still missing out on a lot of things like body language and such. Same if you're experiencing the characters through fiction; you don't really know how much is canon and how much is filtered through the perspective of the author.
I'm still not really comfortable writing longer pieces because I don't feel like I have a handle on the characters yet. Then again, this is just from my perspective; other people may feel perfectly fine with limited exposure.
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7/8/04 22:58 (UTC)No matter how much you read up on all the due South episodes, even though it's as thorough as, say, a transcript, you're still missing out on a lot of things like body language and such. Same if you're experiencing the characters through fiction; you don't really know how much is canon and how much is filtered through the perspective of the author.
I'm still not really comfortable writing longer pieces because I don't feel like I have a handle on the characters yet. Then again, this is just from my perspective; other people may feel perfectly fine with limited exposure.