[ SECRET POST #4506 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4506 ⌋

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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I've been thinking I'm done with MCU fandom, but now that you mentioned it I think I'm just avoiding the fix-it fics. No interest in them, they just don't make me feel anything usually, especially since most of them are rather short and rushed.

[(Anonymous)]

Seconded. (But I'm not enjoying most fix-it fics anyway, because they usually want to fix one thing [character's death, certain relationships) - and they mostly do that in a more or less ham-fisted way, but leave the rest unchanged or even create more issues (for me), so...)

[sparklywalls]

In my opinion fics of the "Not *insert film* Compliant/Canon Divergent" variety generally tend to be better than straight up fix it fics. I'm all for just ignoring canon if you don't like something. Maybe the "I'm just gonna ignore this" fics aren't weighed down as much by a desire to just do stuff instantly and the authors don't feel like everything else in canon has to stay the same, idk? I know those fics are still kinda fixing something but more from the POV of it not happening and a new storyline happening instead.

[tabaqui]

I agree. The fix-its i had 'marked for later' before I saw the movie were all fairly short, fairly drama-llama, and not that great. I'm hoping some of my favorite artists have non-canon-complient work, or will just go on with the 'verses they're already writing that I love.

[(Anonymous)]

I strongly agree with this. Some fandoms do fit-it fics better than others, IMO, but a lot of the time there's just such a rushed, forced, perfunctory quality about them. It's like the thing the fic is "fixing" makes the author so unhappy that they can't bring themself to spend any time dealing with it.

Not that I'm, like, taking the authors to task for not doing better. They don't owe anyone anything. Just, yeah, fix-it fics are often just not very satisfying.

And honestly, even though I actually liked Endgame, I feel like Infinity War leaves canon at a perfect place for people to go canon-divergent and do wherever they want with the story. Whereas actually "fixing" Endgame seems like a pretty herculean task, because it changed so much about the characters and the world of the story.

[(Anonymous)]

Fix-it fics are usually terrible, I'll take canon compliant (because I love a lot of the canon) or AUs that don't come from an uninspired whiny place.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not into MCU fic, but I don't like fix-its unless it's of the "missing scene/continuation after the end" variety and not the "let's undo everything or make it be a dream" variety. I loathe the latter, even when I hated the canon they are trying to undo (ditto what the anon said about coming from an uninspired and whiny place). I figure it's mostly people just working through their feelings, but that doesn't mean it can't be irritating.

The last ep of Sherlock S4 was weird and silly, but the fix-its were worse and while they were usually avoidable, fortunately, it still drove me up the wall how dominant they became for a bit. It was so annoying because you could get what you want by a) setting your fic at an earlier point in canon, b) having your fic diverge from an earlier point in canon, or (if you are okay with which characters are alive and where the story leaves them) c) set your fic after the canon thing you didn't like and just don't directly address it much, if at all.