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⌈ Secret Post #2604 ⌋

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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]

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[Sherlock BBC]

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[Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward]

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[Elementary]

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[SPN]

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[Pacific Rim]

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[Harry Potter]

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[Game of Thrones]

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[Thor: Dark World]

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[Breaking Bad]

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[My Neighbor Totoro]

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[Robocop]

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[Unsounded]

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So, when are you okay with divergent characterization? Are there any changes to characterization that you're willing to accept in a fic? Or are you hard-core, the character have to be exactly like in the canon?

Are there certain types of tropes or cliches that you know are likely to change characterization but, knowing that, you're okay with the change because it goes with the trope/cliche? Or are those the stories you hate the worst? Have you ever read a story where you wish the character had actually been changed even more?

When have you been pleasantly surprised by a change in characterization? How much justification do you need in-fic to explain such a change?

Do you really hate changing characterization or is it just certain ways of changing characters (like making the character overly emotional or making someone evil super nice, etc.) that bothers you? Do you have a change in characterization you wish fandom would get behind?

Or thought exercise: how could you change your character's characterization but still have them be enough the same to please you? How far can you go?

Just give me all your thoughts!

It really, really, really depends on the specifics of the story.

If I can believe the justification (said justification can range from a well-developed story arc to a properly-specified AU to "the story's just that cracky and hilarious") for the change, I'll go for it.

If my reaction to the mischaracterization is "um...no? He's not like that. Why is he like that here?" and no answer is given, then I can't read it, period, no matter how well-written the story is otherwise.

Maybe a character is angry because of their backstory, maybe a character is angry because of their current circumstances, maybe a character is just generally an angry person, maybe it is a combination of the three. If you change one of those things, what happens? What parts of a character are intrinsic to that character?

Yep, this exactly. It's different for each one.

If I get a single whiff of "character A is acting OOC because I wanna write a story where character B interacts with a person who behaves the way character A is behaving here, and I don't actually care about character A" I'm out. No if's and's or but's.

If I'm into a pairing, then it's because I like the characters as they are in-canon.

If they're OOC, then the appeal is lost for me.

I am not so strict about characterization that I cannot accept some variation, but most of the time I want them to seem mostly the same as canon, with maybe a corner or two blunted to make things slightly easier. Don't make the changes extreme, try and keep some semblance of their canon character intact, and it's more likely to work for me.

I am however, not adverse to some bashing fics. Usually for characters I am already uncaring or ambivalent about. Most of what I currently read in HP has some level of anti-Dumbledore and anti-Weasley sentiment in it. Sometimes that can go right into outright Deatheater Ron trope and all-out bashing.

However my tolerance for bashing may be significantly lower outside HP fic.

You mean "I like fics to stay true to characters I personally like, but pull out all the sniveling paranoid smug character assassination for characters I don't. Fairness? Honesty? What's that?"

Have fun with your future career as a career politician, sweetums :)

No, I mean mostly I like characterisation to stay mostly true, weather I like the characters or not. Bashing fic is a exception that only applies in a limited area - mostly HP fandom, and if it's a H/Hr fic. Sometimes I do like non-bashing fics there too though.

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The thing you have to decide is what makes a character, a character.

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