This one's intensely personal. I'm not sure it's really fanfic, or at times, I have Dustin IC.
I was having a discussion with Chris Funaro one day about peoples' perception of mood disorders/mental illnesses, and how hard it was to explain what it felt like to have a mood disorder. I idly suggested a fanfic, and he suggested using Dustin. Why? Because it's so easy for a depressed person to hide behind a smile and a laugh, and Dustin fit. The choice of second person singular was to put the reader in Dustin's shoes... well, boots.
( Not cheery )
I was having a discussion with Chris Funaro one day about peoples' perception of mood disorders/mental illnesses, and how hard it was to explain what it felt like to have a mood disorder. I idly suggested a fanfic, and he suggested using Dustin. Why? Because it's so easy for a depressed person to hide behind a smile and a laugh, and Dustin fit. The choice of second person singular was to put the reader in Dustin's shoes... well, boots.
( Not cheery )