[ SECRET POST #2926 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2926 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 036 secrets from Secret Submission Post #418.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

But the setting has a strong effect on creating a certain character. An alternate, idk, Buffy who lives in a non-magical world is not the same as Buffy who has to worry about being the Slayer: even if she's in a highly critical role in mundane-land, she still won't have the fate of the world riding on her shoulders constantly, she won't be in that position as a young adult... very different! A Vegeta who hasn't seen his entire species destroyed isn't the same Vegeta. Any given character from The Hunger Games will be different by being shoved over to a universe that doesn't have Hunger Games and Panem and so forth.

Which is not to say that's true for all characters or all situations, but *shrug*. Environment matters.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Now that I hit 'post' on that, it occurs to me to add that I can totally see how translating characters into other situations and exploring what might be nature vs nurture in their personalities is interesting... but most AUs are silly high school/boarding school/coffeeshop things that don't seem as robust. Which is fine for those who like that, but it just seems a little...bizarre? to celebrate a set of characters and storyline by...making them totally different characters living in a totally different story.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

Basically everything you said. Experience changes *so much* for a person, and that's something I don't think a lot of AU writers understand.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

A Vegeta who hasn't seen his entire species destroyed isn't the same Vegeta

Out of curiosity, have you read Vejiitasei Ascendant? Amazing fanfic that tackles just this premise.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[diet_poison]

But that's a huge part of the point to me - seeing how characters change when put in different settings!

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[(Anonymous)]

So few authors address that though. Mostly it's characters shoehorned in to a new setting.

Re: Fandom/fic trends that annoy you

[diet_poison]

Well, just because a lot of people do a thing poorly *points to Sturgeon's Law* doesn't mean it can't be done well.