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⌈ Secret Post #5015 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I agree with people about mundane AUs for supernatural/fantasy canons. Why would you want to take one of the coolest and most defining aspects of your characters and get rid of it? That's how I feel.

I think a big issue there is often that while a lot of fans may love those elements in the canon, and may have been drawn to the canon because of them, they feel intimidated at the thought of trying to recapture them in their own fics, and feel they won't be able to do those worlds and fantasy elements and such justice.

Hence, just taking the characters and putting them in a world they can easily write about.

[(Anonymous)]

I think a big issue there is often that while a lot of fans may love those elements in the canon, and may have been drawn to the canon because of them, they feel intimidated at the thought of trying to recapture them in their own fics

I think you're right. I just don't really understand how certain characters even feel like the same person when you change that much about them.

Like, I struggle to write Tony Stark, because I don't know how to write believably about being the head of a giant tech corporation, or being a tech genius who is always inventing things, or how a team of super heroes actually operates on a day to day basis. I am so bad at writing that stuff convincingly that it's painful. But Tony Stark doesn't feel like Tony Stark if he's not a genius, billionaire, superhero. Take that stuff away and he's just some guy with Tony Stark's name.

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AYRT

That's a very valid point. Indeed, some characters separated from their worlds just aren't going to be the same by nature, and so it does lose something in the process. Perhaps there can be authors who manage to make that transition work (maybe not the superhero part, but there might be a way to make Tony Stark's genius and billionaire elements work in a modern AU and still be true to the character. Seeing how he handles doing that stuff without the superhero element could potentially be intriguing to explore in its own right).

But yeah, most of the time, it doesn't seem to translate as well when you drop them into your typical modern world, and I do agree that more often than not, the character reads more as an OC in those moments. As you note, that's a tough element to get right with certain characters. I can think of some in my fandoms that I would struggle with in that regard, too. Which is why I stay away from writing those kinds of stories :p.