[ SECRET POST #4868 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4868 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, some types of canon matter to me a lot more than others. Mainly, I want the characters to at least generally resemble their canonical selves. I don't care if they're a bit more X, Y, or Z than they are in canon, but there has to at least be an overall resemblance.

Formative experiences and defining preoccupations are also things I tend to value highly. If Sherlock doesn't deduce people, is he even Sherlock Holmes? If Ben Solo never turned to the dark side, who even is he?

OTOH, the rest of canon is pretty take-it-or-leave-it for me. For instance, I didn't even hate Endgame, but I still like to pretend the remaining Avengers rewound time, undid the snap, and none of the mains died or went to live in the past. And I don't really feel any hesitation in writing my fics as though that were what happened.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. Canon events, I can take them or leave them. Canon events that affect who the characters are as people, I much prefer to keep. If it's an AU where, say, there's no monsters to kill their family, I'm still going to expect that SOMETHING happened to their family.

[(Anonymous)]

If it's an AU where, say, there's no monsters to kill their family, I'm still going to expect that SOMETHING happened to their family.

Exactly! You can change a lot of stuff, but if it's something that has a large impact on who the characters is or the trajectory of their life, then you need to have something there to create a similar impact.

Also, I think it's generally a lot easier to go from mundane to fantastical than it is to go from fantastical to mundane. So like, former-Auror John Watson was hit with a nasty curse during the wizarding war and could never quite shake it afterwards? Sure! OTOH, Tony Stark survives harrowing hostage situation in Afghanistan and goes on to found the world's largest charitable organization? Doesn't really work for me.