[ SECRET POST #5099 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5099 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think most people are trying to write the characters perfectly in character. I think characterization tends to be heavily influenced by fanon. Of course there are degrees of OOC and degrees of fanon OOC-ness. And everybody has their line for how far from canon a characterization can be before it's too much. Some people also have a line for how close to canon a characterization can be before they stop liking it.

But, bottom line, if you want your fanfic to be very faithful to the canon characterizations, it doesn't surprise me at all that most fanfic doesn't work for you. Because most fanfic authors aren't trying to write the characters the way you want to read them.

[(Anonymous)]

This logic makes no sense to me. Why... would I want to read something where the characters aren't acting like their canon selves? I like them because I like the way they are in canon, so when I read fanfic, it's because I want more of the same. If I didn't care about characterization, I could just go read or write about OCs and then I could do whatever I want.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 Same! I just don't get it. If the characters could be just about anyone, why read fanfic over original stuff at all?

[(Anonymous)]

This is not a black-or-white scenario. Nobody is going to write the characters entirely in character, even if they're trying to be exact. It's a scale of accuracy.

And writing the fanon characterization doesn't mean writing the characters as just anyone. It means writing the characters as recognizably their fanon selves. Which is the version of the characters the majority of fandom prefers. That's why it's fanon. If you don't happen to like the fanon version, that's too bad for you, but there is a very clear and obvious reason you don't enjoy so much of the fic you read, and it's because you aren't jiving with what the majority of fandom likes.

Most fans aren't dogmatic about canon. Canon is just the spark. What they're fannish about is the possibilities. Fandom makes way more sense once you realize this and accept it.

[(Anonymous)]

That's a lot of assumptions about the majority of fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with you: I don't think most people are trying to write the characters in character.

I just think that means that most people are bad writers who create shitty fanfic.

[(Anonymous)]

Many of the best fanfics I've ever read, as well as the most beloved by fandom, were heavily influenced by fanon. But go off I guess.

da

[(Anonymous)]

"most beloved" doesn't automatically mean best or even of good quality. It just means it scratched an itch for a lot of folks.