[ SECRET POST #3771 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3771 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Most fan writers have occasionally written fix-it fic, haven't they? I hope it didn't offend or hurt you to see someone doing that to yours. I mean, it's not bad to be inspired by someone else's fic. Although one would hope the inspiration or urge to write (generally) comes from a better, less "fix-it" place. I've definitely had to write some fix-its after reading some dark shit. Not fun. But there weren't many warnings in those days, so you couldn't easily avoid stories that ended with someone dying horribly, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

Most fan writers write fix-its of canon, usually because someone died, not fix-its of other fic. That's not common at all. People do remixes sometimes, but that's usually with permission and meant to complement the original fic, not repair it.

[(Anonymous)]

well, the way I'm using the term is 1) read a fic that fucks you up, and 2) are really inspired to write one that works for you to wash the bad taste of say, suicide, out of your mental mouth. (If that makes sense.) None of my fix-its ever referenced or lifted from an fanfic story, or were connected to them by anyone, to my knowledge. But they sure as hell were inspired by other fic!

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm. I don't think 'most' fan writers have done it even by that definition. Maybe a larger plurality, and it probably varies by fandom, and how good the resources/platforms/tagging conventions are for filtering what you don't like. I don't consider it fix-it, though. I've definitely written things because I thought fandom-at-large was doing a trope in a way I disagreed with, but I'd call that spitefic.

[(Anonymous)]

Hm, interesting. I would think a spite fic is more to "show" someone rather than to get over a negative feeling from a draining fic.

Definitely agree with some trends being irritating and wishing to see / write more of a variant! I wouldn't personally call that "spitefic" unless you're really open about WHY you wrote it and who you're calling out in writing it (not something I'd want to do personally lol...there's enough drama out there!)

[(Anonymous)]

I've done spitefic like that. Mainly because I clicked on a fic labelled gen with a common trope I really liked, only to discover two chapters in they introduced the other half of my NOTP in a ridiculously obvious 'they gonna be fuckin'' way. And I noped out of there hard and wrote my own fic using common trope that was actually gen but other than the trope itself had literally nothing in common with the inspiration.

[(Anonymous)]

I write fix-it of other fic often and I think it's pretty common. Happily my re-mixes take on a direction of their own and become unrecognizable before I post them. No one has ever complained.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, that's the sort of thing I meant, too! Unless you're actually lifting details or phrases from other stories, or copying their plot really darn closely, it's going to be hard to trace it back to the inspiration (fortunately).