[ SECRET POST #061 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #061 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Notes:

Posting for Liz and totally not just slacking off from starting both of the take-home midterms I have due tomorrow. Okay, maybe slacking a little.

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Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

I bet that's what all your buddies are thinking too. Y'think they butcher the characters on purpose? Unless they actually admit to not caring about how OOC it might be, they probably think their characterization is pretty near flawless. Maybe they think yours is off-kilter in the same way you do theirs. And who knows? Maybe your stories aren't a great example of who the characters truly are either.

Then again, I don't think you can be really spot-on when it comes to fanfiction. Nobody can say they understand it completely--you're only watching the show, after all. You didn't create it. You're just interpreting what you see characters do on the screen, and so is everyone else. People are bound to come up with different versions of them, not one version identical to the original (the creator's).

If you hate their versions so much you should be discussing it with them so they don't write crap anymore, not just laughing at their poor characterization behind their backs. Be gentle with them instead of shoving criticism up the naughty place with no lubricant, and they're likely to listen to you. In my experience, anyway.

Sorry if this sounds really harsh. I guess I'm just in a bad mood today, but I really needed to get that off my chest. Maybe I should have made it a secret instead. >_