[ SECRET POST #3354 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3354 ⌋

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

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09. [ warning for homophobia / transphobia / misogyny take your pick, people seem to be divided on this one ]













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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

"Issue fic"

[(Anonymous)]

Is there a way to write fic that covers an issue or topic (to be fair the source material was dedicated to the topic as well, so I'm just going off of what it was doing, but trying to improve on it. I happen to have a lot of experience with the issue it was covering) without coming off as a soapboxy "issue fic" made to preach to people?

Re: "Issue fic"

[feotakahari]

I've seen some good stuff exploring minority perspectives through in-universe concepts. For instance, today I read a fic where a character who uses prosthetics is examined from an amputee perspective. I think a lot of problems come from trying to deal with an issue in a canon where that issue doesn't really fit (like introducing homophobia into a setting that comes across as very tolerant.) Beyond that, there can be issues with twisting characters out of their established personas (demisexual Tony Stark!), or making likeable characters excessively ignorant and bigoted for the sake of the plot. Everything else is an issue of how to write about an issue in any story, canon or fanon.

Re: "Issue fic"

[(Anonymous)]

In my experience?

a) Have a character who would believably have or know about that issue. No James Bond rhapsodizing the wonders of demisexuality, basically.

b) Don't infodump. No character should give a lecture to the other characters about said issue, nor should the narration feel like an essay on the subject.

c) Have other shit happening. Issue fics mostly feel like issue fics because they have nothing else going for them.

Re: "Issue fic"

[(Anonymous)]

IMO, the best way to write an issue fic is not to think up an issue fic from the real world perspective and then twist the plot to fit the issue, but to conceive of an issue that arises from the canon plot itself.

Like, think of places in the canon where the canon events have implications that could run into RL issues of [insert issue here], but which the official writers didn't explore because it would have detracted from the main plot, or it wouldn't have fit with the tone or style or pacing. Then, take it upon yourself to go ahead and explore it. Both the issue and the characters' reaction to the issue should originate (or at least fit) naturally into the canon.

Like issues of sexism if the canon is set in a male-dominated arena (even if sexism doesn't come up much in the canon). Or issues of racism if the cast has one or more poc characters who could easily come into contact with institutions that are notoriously racist (even if racism doesn't play a big role in the poc characters' storylines in canon). Or issues of sexual orientation if the characters' setting is a place/era that's very historically homophobic (even if none of the characters are canonically confirmed as queer). Or issues of mental health in a canon where the characters frequently come into contact with mental health issues or where the setting is inherently unforgiving and hostile to neuroatypical behaviors or needs (even if it isn't explictly shown in canon). That sort of thing.