They do have minds of their own! I swear, I let them do all the work for me. If I had to sit down and think up each individual word of dialogue, I would've given up on writing long ago: way too much work. Of course the flip side is the green room, where you have Norrington and Beckett and whoever else all talking to each other, dancing to Justin Timberlake, or peeking over your shoulder and offering commentary while you're busy with everyday life. I've thought about writing 'green room fics' so many times, just to purge the really silly shit.