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⌈ Secret Post #763 ⌋

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[Drake and Josh]

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[BSG]

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[Vampire Knight]

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[Demons]

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[Life]

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[Roswell]

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[Ga-Rei -Zero-]

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[Sailor Moon]

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[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]

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[Persona 4]

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[Ryan Ross; Panic! at the Disco]

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[Persona 4]

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[Bleach, Yoruichi]

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[Celtic Thunder]

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[Underworld Trilogy]

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[Ursula, the Little Mermaid]

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[Guiding Light]

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[CyberSix]

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[FT Island]

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[Big Fat Quiz of the Year]

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[Torchwood]

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[Runaways, Karolina/Xavin]

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[Simpsons, Rod and Todd]

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[Joe Loves Crappy Movies (webcomic), Twilight]

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[Utena]

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[Doctor Who/RPS/Russell T. Davies/Benjamin Cook]

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[The Munsters]

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[Adventures of Pete and Pete]

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[Jimi Hendrix/Janis Joplin]

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[Taylor Lautner; Twilight Movies]

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[FF13]

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[Nick Swardson]

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(Rachel Maddow, Susan Mikula, Keith Olbermann)

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[Earth: Final Conflict, Da'an]

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[Ouran, Persona 4]

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I agree that often there's a lot up to interpretation for fictional characters, but I also think that there are hints one can take in order to really flesh out a character. It's entirely possible to make educated guesses about a character's upbringing, how the setting influenced him/her, etc.

There are indeed hints, but what hints people see and take into account vary. How someone else views Ianto Jones* may be completely different from how I view him, but still be a legitimate interpretation. Unless the character is just flat out obviously nothing like they are in canon, characterization in fic will vary and two fics with different characterization can both be considered good!fic.

*Example chosen at random

Edited 2009-02-06 23:00 (UTC)

You're right. I guess I just have problems with good/accurate characterization being that subjective. Now I'm wondering (and you don't have to answer this if you don't want to, I'm just throwing it out there): In order for as many readers as possible to say that something (like a character in fic) is IC, do certain standards/aspects need to stay uniform throughout all interpretations? What's the difference between, say, a villain who's cast in a more sympathetic light, or a character who's cast in a sympathetic light with the villain's traits tacked on?

The problem with the subjective stuff is that sometimes people will write something horribly obviously OOC and claim that it's 100% IC based on their interpretation of the character, even if it's obvious from canon that for the character to do what they've written the story would need a lot more development (or the character would just never do it at all).

I think a villain shed in a sympathetic light is a lot different than a character with villain's traits tacked on, but I don't think it's necessarily an issue of characterization. I think there it's an issue of writing ability. If you can take a villain and shed a sympathetic light on them and keep it believable with what is known from canon, it's better written than just writing a sympathetic character and then tacking on the villain parts afterwords.

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