I remember seeing that a few months ago and being shocked because I consider her Brian (with the exception the version that appears in her abandoned WIP) to be one of the most IC versions of him that I've read.
Personally, I don't think author's intent matters. What matters is what was written and how we interpret it. A writer *believing* that, say, serial killer kidnapping drug-peddling Michael is IC doesn't change the fact that that's silly and OOC on every level. And when a writer captures a character perfectly, reading that she considers him OOC doesn't change anything for me, either.
If we have to start considering the author's intent, then how does one interpret season five without losing their mind? I've read at least three wildly different versions of the writers' intentions regarding the ending from the QaF writers themselves!
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Date: 2012-03-26 12:27 am (UTC)Personally, I don't think author's intent matters. What matters is what was written and how we interpret it. A writer *believing* that, say, serial killer kidnapping drug-peddling Michael is IC doesn't change the fact that that's silly and OOC on every level. And when a writer captures a character perfectly, reading that she considers him OOC doesn't change anything for me, either.
If we have to start considering the author's intent, then how does one interpret season five without losing their mind? I've read at least three wildly different versions of the writers' intentions regarding the ending from the QaF writers themselves!