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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-07-16 05:04 pm

[ SECRET POST #4941 ]


⌈ Secret Post #4941 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2020-07-17 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
you do you but i cannot understand being into a fandom for something i don't actually like beyond having lots of fic to consume. i've got to love the characters and the dynamic or i'm not going to be interested.

(Anonymous) 2020-07-17 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
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This. If it's a character I know and like, I'll read a fic with them inserted into a fandom that I don't know; all the other characters become OCs. Even then, I check the wiki to get an idea of the background of the other fandom characters. But -- and I've tried a couple of times, for some reason or other -- reading characters I've never met leaves me unsatisfied, disinterested, and unlikely to finish the fic.*

The thing is, most fic doesn't do a lot of world-building, because the reader is assumed to be familiar with the canon. And that's fine; I know SGA or NCIS, for example, and don't need a lot of explanation to feel these characters. But I've never seen Teen Wolf (not sure I get that channel), so the fics I've looked at leave me cold. It's such a popular fandom in my circles, I thought I might enjoy the fic if I checked it out (I know some people are drawn into some fandoms by way of fic first, then canon), but it did nothing for me.

*Original character fic is different; those usually have basic world-building and relationships that are developed instead of the author jumping in feet-first. I've enjoyed several by some authors I follow on AO3.
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