[ SECRET POST #6099 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6099 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

(If you think something in this thread is a troll, please ignore it! Conversation is fine, but OT wank makes stuff harder to keep track of in this thread. Thanks.)

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01. https://i.imgur.com/yJLhEqW.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that's a huge pet peeve of mine as well! AUs are endlessly fascinating to me for precisely that reason; if you're not gonna make the change ricochet in both natural and unexpected ways, why make the change at all?

[(Anonymous)]

OMG yes. The number of MDZS fic I've run across where it's a modern AU but they basically redo the entire canon drives me up the wall.

[(Anonymous)]

SAME.

I don't like ones that swerve wildly away from canon either - but what I want to see is how the change changes canon, not to just re-read canon but by a worse author.

I think in some cases, especially the genderswap, trans/ND 'headcanon', or modern-day ones like that, it's just people doing a y/n with the MC - they experience media by projecting on a character but also project better on a character similar to them, so a re-read of exactly canon but with a slightly different MC *is* all they want. But it is not what I want.

[(Anonymous)]

I completely agree.

[tabaqui]

Yes! I like AU's because they introduce new things and new outcomes, not because they put a thin veneer of 'other' on the same old story.

[meadowphoenix]

it sorta genuinely confuses me on what they were exploring lol. different dialogue i guess?

[(Anonymous)]

I've written several and working out what changes is the fun part! I have no idea why you would just re-write canon.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes the point of reading fanfic is reading something a million times in slight variations or in different writing styles/mediums -- hence coffee shop AUs, and tropes, and canon rewrites. Same thing with canon AUs that are like this. You just want to read an element being added/changed or an idea of an element being added/changed, but enjoy reading it interacting with the familiarity of canon. The familiarity but slight deviations in how canon is written in every fic is fun, refreshing, and hits a soft spot in the reader's heart!

[(Anonymous)]

I read AUs because I want to see my faves get together in different ways in different settings. And so giving nods to canon is cute background dressing for me, whereas it sounds like a core frustration for you.

Basically, this is probably one of the only times when you really can blame shippers for the lack of good fic. We aren't interested in the plot!

[(Anonymous)]

I actually like it when they make their way back to canon. A lot of the AUs I read are pretty angsty and it's sweet and comforting to me when the characters make friends and discover hobbies that give them joy in canon, having gone a very different route.

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[(Anonymous)]

Hmm... any examples in particular, OP?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean this in the kindest way possible, but if your PC has no personality, that's at least partially on you.

The PC being a kind of a blank slate is pretty much the point of RPGs with character creation. The idea is to allow the player to insert what is functionally an OC (or a self-insert, if one prefers) into the story, and that means you as the player are in charge of their personality, too. Provided, of course, that the game does a decent job of allowing a range of behaviors.

If you're not into making up your own characters, fair enough. That just means games that expect you to aren't going to be very satisfying.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't seek out fanworks for Heartstopper, but as a person in their 30s I kind of get this secret with THIS show in particular.
I think it's because it's very uhm "innocent", like sexual themes as treated as something a sweet insecure teen would do (not my experience at all, my personal experience with sex was very early and not sweet at all) and not something that incentivize you to look at the lewd parts (like, for example, euphoria-i believe. never watched the show myself). It's all in a bubble of softness with this show. Which I appreciate, mind you. It's strange, but welcomed.

And the actors all look SO YOUNG. I have no idea if it's me getting older and beginning to look at all people in their early 20s as "babies", but everyone in Heartstopper look their intended age and nope NOPE. TOO YOUNG.

I absolutely have no issue of searching sex stuff for teen anime/cartoon characters or IDK Buffy, but for Heartstopper NOPE. NO NO NO.
For me it's getting more common as I age, though. No more shipping with teen characters played by IRL actors in general.

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[(Anonymous)]

Agreed!

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[(Anonymous)]

I get being peeved by remakes a bit (I won't watch the remake of Red Dawn because I'm a teen of the 80s thank you), but the original STILL EXISTS.

It's not like you're not going to be able to still watch it and buy merch, Disney Adults.

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Feeling old/young

[philstar22]

What things make you feel old? What things make you feel like you are still a child?


Old: Realized a kid I used to babysit when I was in high school is getting married.

Young: When I need my mother's help figuring out financial stuff.

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