[ SECRET POST #2119 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2119 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Personally, if something's in first person POV, I'd give it a shot until it sounded very OOC.

I'm the anon that brought it up yesterday in the general comment thread, but I'm more bothered by fics that switch tenses. If the fics in the fandom switch from second (I mistakenly said first yesterday, but it's the main character speaking in the second person about 95% of the time) to third (because of the show's narration), I backbutton. It's too jarring in fic. The narration's really used to describe what's happening in a scene for the most part, and I feel people who switch tenses in fic miss the point of the narration. And as I said yesterday, even the fandom's official books keep a consistent first person POV (from the main character).

As for me, I started writing first person POV for this fandom because of an online blog written in first person POV (that has since been discontinued by the network). I at least strive to keep the tone of that blog when I write this particular character (not the MC).

tl;dr, but personally I feel not all first person POV for fic is horrible and OOC, and I'm tired of the prevalent attitude of writing it off because "oh noes, it's in first person!"

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed on the tense (or pov) switching, although that might be because, unlike choosing any particular tense, failing to keep consistent is an almost sure mark of an immature/sloppy writer.

Third person 'sounds' better to me, in general, and I do best with first (or even second) person in longer fics, where I have a bit of time to accustom myself to the voice and then can just look past the wording to the story.