Well, I chickened out of the first person for my Voyager piece. Instead I took on the challenge of writing a "ship" that I abhor (Janeway/Chakotay -- he would bore her to death inside a month, I swear ...) since that is what the requester wanted. They gave the option of a friendship piece with either and a third character, and so I wrote the piece as if it was that, with a twist for a J/C ship at the end. (Looooong shower tonight!!!)
Anyway. Present tense. I think my first present tense piece was also my first attempt at doing Something Really Short, a sort-of five times drabble fic ("Ten Random Things Tom Paris Regrets (Not) Doing, and One He Doesn't Mind So Much, In Hindsight"). In the absence of a wider story arc in each of the segments, I wanted the immediacy of the deep POV. It worked rather well, if I may say so, and I ... liked it.
Avengers stories lend themelves to the present tense nicely; there's a slight breathlessness to the action and the snarky vernacular that works better in the present, I think.
IBy contrast, the past tense works better with longer stories that take time to unfold and have several plot strands and themes running through; my 12-15 chapter pieces in the Voyager fandom I still write in the past tense.
past and present
Anyway. Present tense. I think my first present tense piece was also my first attempt at doing Something Really Short, a sort-of five times drabble fic ("Ten Random Things Tom Paris Regrets (Not) Doing, and One He Doesn't Mind So Much, In Hindsight"). In the absence of a wider story arc in each of the segments, I wanted the immediacy of the deep POV. It worked rather well, if I may say so, and I ... liked it.
Avengers stories lend themelves to the present tense nicely; there's a slight breathlessness to the action and the snarky vernacular that works better in the present, I think.
IBy contrast, the past tense works better with longer stories that take time to unfold and have several plot strands and themes running through; my 12-15 chapter pieces in the Voyager fandom I still write in the past tense.