[ SECRET POST #2640 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2640 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

TL;DR:

You're talking about two different things, here. Do you dislike AUs where the characters are placed in a completely different setting than the canon setting? I think it's loads of fun to place the characters in a completely different setting, while really striving to keep them in-character and recognizable. I love Historical/Medieval or Fantasy/Sci-fi AUs for characters from a contemporary canon.
If you don't like that, that's one hundred percent okay, it's a matter of personal preference. But I think the whole point of a radically-different AU is the fun and the challenge of presenting the characters' familiar quirks, behavior, and attributes, but translated into a different context, and seeing how that plays out. That type of AU can be full of clever inside-jokes and little canon-references that keep things grounded in the familiar, while re-interpreting things at the same time.
As for deliberately writing someone OOC, I get how that might be humorous if you're deliberately having the character "play against type" and do something unexpected, for the shock-value. (Prim and proper character suddenly shouts "Oh, fuck!", or something.) But aside from that, yeah, I'd be disappointed if the writer was just borrowing the character's name and none of their behavior was recongizable.
I actually have little or no interest in fics that closely resemble an actual episode of canon. If I wanted that, I would just watch TV. I don't want "more of the same." To me, the whole point of fanfic is in the "what-if?" factor.
I would guess there are many cases where people love certain characters but dislike the events of canon or the direction the canon has taken. In that case, it makes sense to reject the canon storyline, in part or entirely, and create new experiences and new adventures for your beloved characters.
I have fandoms where I haven't watched the canon in years, but I strive to adhere faithfully to the personalities of the characters in my writing, more or less.