[ SECRET POST #2993 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2993 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 123 secrets from Secret Submission Post #428.
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Comments

RELATED QUESTION

[(Anonymous)]

Do you think certain fandoms are a better fit for detailed author notes?

Like, comic fandoms to explain which continuities you've merged together or Tolkien/myths to explain which version of a character/story you're using.

If so, which fandoms do you think get a pass for longer A/Ns?

Re: RELATED QUESTION

[cenobitic_anchorite]

I definitely do think it's better for some than others. MCU, Tolkien, sometimes if you're going nutball hard on a historical AU or something. I think involved genfic or very plotty porn is probably a better environment for that sort of thing.

I think part of what can help tell you if you can get away with longer notes is by checking the tone of any feedback you're getting. Are there questions, do your reviewers seem to be curious, is the fandom in general the type to be interested in all the little headcanony details? Etc.

Re: RELATED QUESTION

[(Anonymous)]

In fandoms like Hetalia or Assassin's Creed where a lot of the source material is based on actual history or set in a historical period I feel that you can give detailed A/Ns if they help set the tone of the story or explain references.

Like if I wrote a Black Flag fic and used lot of terms only a 17th century pirate would know I would explain them in an A/N at the bottom instead of either explaining them as they are used or let them go unexplained.

(I am the sort of writer who does extensive research on teeny tiny details though, so for me A/Ns are a way to show off my research without stuffing the text itself with it.)

This goes for other topics as well for me. For example, if your story references a lot of sciency things that is not common knowledge I would like for it to be explained in a A/N if it's not explained in the text itself as part of the dialogue.

Re: RELATED QUESTION

[philstar22]

Yes? I just think that Authors notes should be used when they are necessary to explain things necessary for the story or explaining your inspiration or whatever. I don't really like pointless author notes that aren't necessary for the story.

Re: RELATED QUESTION

[othellia]

I think I agree with that. I have some stuff for Phantom of the Opera and there are 239023 different versions and sometimes I can be reading a fic and be imaging something a certain way and then it turns out six chapters in that it's been following a different version of canon the entire time.

Most people just mention whether it's Kay,Leroux, or ALW verse in the summary, but then also some people (like me) tend to mix canons. And sometimes I've gotten comments asking me which backstory elements are from which canons, so yeah. Authors notes are good for that.