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⌈ Secret Post #5637 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What is the fanfic writing style?

[(Anonymous)]

I think this is something that used to be more normal and accepted before binge watching. Episodic TV wasn't about the actual plot of the episode, but about what that could tell us about the characters and how it changed them and their relationship to the people and the world around them. It's been lost lately where the plot has become the focus (cough*MCU*cough).

Totally agree with this. It's actually something I was just thinking about recently while watching the Nancy Drew TV show (tangent: I'm in the middle of season 2 of the Nancy Drew TV show and it is an absolute delight and I cannot recommend it strongly enough, unless you have very strong canon-purist type feelings about Nancy Drew; season 1 is a little pokey at times but season 2 is really strong so far). But they had a B-plot for an episode where it seemed like they basically just picked two supporting characters at random at said "OK, these characters don't interact very often, what does their dynamic look like if we give them some time to bounce off each other?" And it's just such a classic thing of how you write an ensemble show! You give the characters plenty of time to breath and plenty of space to play off each other, and the audience enjoys being able to see their development and interactions. That's what the audience is there for! They're here because they like the characters! And it feels like so few shows these days take the time to do that.

It's not really the MCU's fault, though, it's the fault of streaming. And - beyond that - I have to assume that streaming companies are making their decisions based on data, and viewers actually do prefer highly serialized non-episodic shows.

AYRT Re: What is the fanfic writing style?

[(Anonymous)]

I point out MCU because they have taken the favoring of plot over characterization to the extreme. When you don't let your actors actually read the script for fear of "spoilers", they can't get any kind of characterization right. I was in MCU for the characters. It was fine in the early days, when there wasn't a plot to reveal, but the whole Endgame arc was a mess of ruined characterization and I just couldn't care anymore.

I think OFMD is a good example of the opposite of MCU. OFMD is RPF historical fanfic, and it shows in how it's made. Each episode has a plot, but the details are of such little consequence because what really "happens" is how the characters react to the plot.

I may be showing my age here, but I HATE binging with a passion, unless it's a show I've already seen. If I don't get at least a day between new episodes, they all start to blur together in my mind and I forget the sequence of events. The non-stop plot also feeds into my anxiety. It's like most tv shows these days have no room for anyone to just breathe.

Re: AYRT Re: What is the fanfic writing style?

[(Anonymous)]

Characters being pretzeled to fit a plot that the writers absolutely will not give up on or change in any way is why I no longer give a shit about the MCU. In fiction characters have always been at the whims of a plot in a way, but it’s just so extreme with the MCU now that I may as well be watching characters standing around helpless as stuff happens whether they interact with it or not.