To be incredibly pithy, in the words of Gail Carriger, "I like my women strong and my men suave and broken." We all know my types.
The truth is, I'm not sure I've ever necessarily considered one sort of canon to be different or to pose unique challenges from one to the other. When I'm dealing with film/television canon, the first thing I do is go to movie novelizations and supplementary materials and use those, filling them up with highlights and bookmarks. Either way though, when I'm thinking of bringing someone new, I review their canon several times, whether that means rereading the book or watching the movie. In both cases, I'm hunting for details, for speech patterns, body language, etc. With a good canon, text or film, there should be plenty of that.
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To be incredibly pithy, in the words of Gail Carriger, "I like my women strong and my men suave and broken." We all know my types.
The truth is, I'm not sure I've ever necessarily considered one sort of canon to be different or to pose unique challenges from one to the other. When I'm dealing with film/television canon, the first thing I do is go to movie novelizations and supplementary materials and use those, filling them up with highlights and bookmarks. Either way though, when I'm thinking of bringing someone new, I review their canon several times, whether that means rereading the book or watching the movie. In both cases, I'm hunting for details, for speech patterns, body language, etc. With a good canon, text or film, there should be plenty of that.
I...don't think that was an actual answer.