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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-10-13 05:54 pm

[ SECRET POST #5030 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5030 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2020-10-13 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
There are two different types of AUs.

One is the kind you're talking about: canon AUs, where you change one particular aspect of the canon and write about how the canon would have changed had this thing happened/not happened.

The other is taking the characters and slotting them into a different setting. For instance, I have one friend who wrote an AU where she took the characters from one particular canon and rewrote them into another canon, giving them appropriate histories/backgrounds to make them fit into the new canon while also staying as true to their original incarnations as possible. I would personally say that if someone does this type of AU but makes no attempt to recreate the characters' history/backgrounds within the new setting (within the constraints of the new setting, obviously, because there are many things you won't be able to replicate exactly), that's just lazy, poor writing all around.