[ SECRET POST #3975 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3975 ⌋

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Comments

[tabaqui]

And see, I think that's utter crap, mostly because so much fanfiction not only diverges from canon, it builds on it in ways the creators never seemed to think about or touch on. And then there's AU stuff, and RPF stuff, and.....
Yeah, no - 95 percent of fanfic *is* writing original characters.

And the other five is doing your damnedest to write characters in character when you probably have other ideas for them, which is also hard. So fuck that noise.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand what noise you're fucking for the "other 5%" -- could you clarify?

(I agree that many fanfiction writers don't put in the work to keep characters IC and the world canon. I happen to like doing that, while also figuring out if there's a way to have the characters do what I'd like them to do without breaking canon... and if I can't, I don't.)

[tabaqui]

I mean - it's difficult to write a character *in* character (and do it well) when a) you didn't originally write that character, b) you may not like or agree with some of the traits/decisions the writers have given that character and c) are trying to fit that character into a plot that the writers never intended or planned for, which makes the whole in character writing even *harder*.

So fuck that noise of people saying fanfic writing is 'easy' because the characters are already made up.

[(Anonymous)]

ah alright then, agreed.

(I recently wrote for a fandom that has a large and convoluted, not always consistent lore, and it was both frustrating and exhilarating to weave all the little pieces together, And keep everyone in character, while trying to tell a coherent story. It's like trying to play chess and solve a Rubik's cube while doing a slalom race with your head on fire.

[tabaqui]

Heeeeeee!
That's a good description. :)

Canon with bad or *no* continuity (or self-contradictory continuity) sucks so hard.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

And that's when you end up with fanon/"this is the true depiction of X character, as written in XYZ fic"

And what really sucks about that is when
a) you actually feel like this characterization is perfct & you know the character won't be as developed in the actual media OR
b) it's a complete about face from the character, but everyone runs with it, thus contaminating the any fic you might have enjoyed

[tabaqui]

Yup. +1000