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Meta Monday: Myth and narrative
May. 4th, 2015 10:07 pmHi! Welcome to Meta Monday, in which I go tl;dr about stuff.
Today, I coined the term "ficframed", which is to fic ideas what earwormed is to songs. They dig into your brain and won't leave.
Well, that was an easy meta post to write.
More seriously, I'm going to answer![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
taiyou_to_tsuki: "Since you've read a fair bit of stories based on mythology-- how do you feel about translating characters from a mythic to a literary narrative? Are there any cases where you have felt a deity/other mythical being to be misinterpreted by the author?"
I've read a lot of mythology books and books based on mythology. Most recently, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series(es?) and Joanne Harris' Runemarks series. I'm not counting things that are only distantly related to myths like the Asgardian side of the Marvel Universe, but I've read a lot of that, too.
( How do you feel about translating characters from a mythic to a literary narrative? )
( Are there any cases where you have felt a deity/other mythical being to be misinterpreted by the author? )
Sweet Tanith, this got long!
Next week, I'll looking at AUs.
(I need some sort of meta icon.)
Today, I coined the term "ficframed", which is to fic ideas what earwormed is to songs. They dig into your brain and won't leave.
Well, that was an easy meta post to write.
More seriously, I'm going to answer
taiyou_to_tsuki: "Since you've read a fair bit of stories based on mythology-- how do you feel about translating characters from a mythic to a literary narrative? Are there any cases where you have felt a deity/other mythical being to be misinterpreted by the author?"I've read a lot of mythology books and books based on mythology. Most recently, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series(es?) and Joanne Harris' Runemarks series. I'm not counting things that are only distantly related to myths like the Asgardian side of the Marvel Universe, but I've read a lot of that, too.
( How do you feel about translating characters from a mythic to a literary narrative? )( Are there any cases where you have felt a deity/other mythical being to be misinterpreted by the author? )Sweet Tanith, this got long!
Next week, I'll looking at AUs.
(I need some sort of meta icon.)
