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⌈ Secret Post #2752 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Fargo]

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[Orange is the New Black]

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[Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton]

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[DS9, Far Beyond the Stars]

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[Starsky & Hutch]

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[Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails]

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[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]

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[Galerians]

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[Penny Dreadful]

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[The Wolf Among us/Enslaved]

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[Wes Craven's Scream franchise]

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[One Piece]

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So, on the one hand, I can agree with many other people on the thread that AU's are fics with very different backgrounds for the characters and thus the Winter Soldier background or something similar won't always work.

On the other hand, a good AU is one that is an Alternate Universe, not just a Different one - which means that even while the characters' backgrounds change, they should still hold some parallel or connection to the canonical backgrounds. In Bucky's case (if it's not being based off of pre-WS Bucky), that means some kind of exploitative, traumatic past, and some kind of issue with his left arm.

And going on the pre-WS/post-WS thing: the character's relationship with other characters changes drastically before and after those time periods. If you just want him taking care of Steve somehow, then a Bucky based on his pre-WS characters works fine; but if you want a Bucky who is super competent at his job or has some kind of complicated background with Natasha or is even just part of the team at large, then that really relies more on his post-WS characterization, that means, well, very exploitative and traumatic background.

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