[ SECRET POST #419 ]

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? Secret Post #419 ?

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 083 secrets from Secret Submission Post #060.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 ] too big, [ 1 ] repeat, [ 1 ] PSA, [ 1 ] etc, [ 1 ] posted twice.
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[bemysty.livejournal.com]

But see, that's the point - how can you make Mylar work inside the boundaries of canon? How can you get Mohinder to that point where he'd actually consent - or even wish for it?

Introducing an OOC element or something that twists the actual canon like a thumbscrew (which waff fic for this pairing inevitably as the tides must do because it will not work otherwise) is not what Mylar should be - in my opinion, the challenge in this specific pairing is to make it work with what LITTLE canon gives us in lieu of an actual relationship, and not with the HUGE amount of chemistry Sendhil and Zach have with each other.

I can see how a very talented author could make it work, but that's still not the type of fic I'd want to read for this pairing.

[angary.livejournal.com]

Right, and I completely understand and respect your opinion on this. I respect that there are factions in this ship that have their own takes on the characters. Some like to write PWP smutfic, some like to write rapefic, and there are others who like to write about Sylar and Mohinder living happily together without any sort of irony or crack involved. Now, to me, that's distorting the characters to fit the mold of "ZOMG they are so hot/cute together!!", and like I said, I don't read those kinds of fic, but if that's what those writers and factions like, then that's fine for them. I prefer the in-character fic that explores the connection between Sylar and Mohinder and the issues that they have with each other. The fact that Sendhil and Zach are both hot isn't the reason why I ship them, but it's definitely a factor.

Characterization is key in fic, and if I find that it's off, then I won't read it anymore. Or, if a fic has a label that I don't like, I just won't click on it. That doesn't change the fact that those types of fic will keep cropping up, because everybody has their own idea of the ship and its dynamics.

[bemysty.livejournal.com]

I don't really see those "factions" you speak of.

What I see is possible interpretations (which in my head fall in very, very broad boundaries, so it's not as though I'm a stickler for the One True Interpretation. Heck, I wrote necrophilia for that pairing!) in two classes - IC and OOC.

If you can actually explain how event x came to pass without having the fic shit all over itself in the process, fine and dandy. If, however, event x is so far out there that you basically have to repaint the whole universe for it to fit in any way, then either call it AU or write originals, because then I'm not reading Mylar anymore.

For me, fluff in Mylar like, for example, during the road trip can only happen if it ends in violence - because else you'd be writing not much more than a PWP AND stop without going to the last consequence, seeing Mohinder eventually finds out about Sylar's identity and his reaction has not been benevolent, fluffy or waffy in any way, shape or form. Trying to write fluff after this point is impossible. You cannot construct Schroedinger's Fic out of what we're actually given, in a quantum state of both fluff and un-fluff. The only possible way for Mylar fluff I see if they both get good bonks in the head and develop spontaneous (and, in Sylar's case, MASSIVE) amnesia, but that's not Mylar anymore either.