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farlaName: Tishu
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Subject: I disagree with some of your issues with 'Lonely' (Homestuck
fanfiction)
Personally I look at fanfiction as something written by the fans, for the
fans. There are times you come across a writer or reader who looks for
something as close to the canon as possible, but generally I think it's
written to fulfill a niche not explored in the canon, and sometimes, if not
often, a degree of OOCness is necessary. I look at good fanfiction as a
cohesive alternative, a cohesive -interpretation-, that's my personal
preference. For me there's a big deivide between the comic/nolvel/series/film
etc, and fanfiction. I don't know if you find this view on fanfiction
annoying, or haven't considered it, or something else, but I think it's
something imortant to consider when critiquing fanfiction, and it seems like
you're not, while being very assertive in your criticisms. I can agree with
the writing of a character being over the top, but saying that's bad because
its not like the actual Tavros is perhaps missing the whole point of
fanfiction for many people; and seems a little one sided. If you had made a
commision for the fanfiction, or the author had specifically stated they were
aiming for writing a story and characters as close to the canon as possible,
then criticising their failure to do so, and following, relaterd errors, fair
enough. In my eyes, Tavros and Gamzee having very tender sex in the lab seems
just as likely as Tavros wangsting, caring about blood colour, and being an
unreliable narrator. Picking up on only one, or some of those differences from
the canon, but not all of them, while suggesting differences from the canon
are a bad thing seems illogical. But that's just my perspective, I'm assuming:
1 You mean to suggest differences from the canon is a bad thing, and 2 the
character differences mentioned above are all as ooc as each other.
I think you make some good points, but come across a little strong. You want
to help people write well, which is a good thing. I just want to make sure
you're not running on a one sided view.
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I think I just read something saying I shouldn't complain about the canon errors I mentioned because I didn't bitch about them being gay and/or that the point of fanfic is to be OOC.
Profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/932503/
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Subject: I disagree with some of your issues with 'Lonely' (Homestuck
fanfiction)
Personally I look at fanfiction as something written by the fans, for the
fans. There are times you come across a writer or reader who looks for
something as close to the canon as possible, but generally I think it's
written to fulfill a niche not explored in the canon, and sometimes, if not
often, a degree of OOCness is necessary. I look at good fanfiction as a
cohesive alternative, a cohesive -interpretation-, that's my personal
preference. For me there's a big deivide between the comic/nolvel/series/film
etc, and fanfiction. I don't know if you find this view on fanfiction
annoying, or haven't considered it, or something else, but I think it's
something imortant to consider when critiquing fanfiction, and it seems like
you're not, while being very assertive in your criticisms. I can agree with
the writing of a character being over the top, but saying that's bad because
its not like the actual Tavros is perhaps missing the whole point of
fanfiction for many people; and seems a little one sided. If you had made a
commision for the fanfiction, or the author had specifically stated they were
aiming for writing a story and characters as close to the canon as possible,
then criticising their failure to do so, and following, relaterd errors, fair
enough. In my eyes, Tavros and Gamzee having very tender sex in the lab seems
just as likely as Tavros wangsting, caring about blood colour, and being an
unreliable narrator. Picking up on only one, or some of those differences from
the canon, but not all of them, while suggesting differences from the canon
are a bad thing seems illogical. But that's just my perspective, I'm assuming:
1 You mean to suggest differences from the canon is a bad thing, and 2 the
character differences mentioned above are all as ooc as each other.
I think you make some good points, but come across a little strong. You want
to help people write well, which is a good thing. I just want to make sure
you're not running on a one sided view.
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I think I just read something saying I shouldn't complain about the canon errors I mentioned because I didn't bitch about them being gay and/or that the point of fanfic is to be OOC.
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Date: 2011-06-02 06:27 pm (UTC)What's really confusing is they favorited the fic.
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Date: 2011-06-02 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-02 07:34 pm (UTC)Huh. What do you think of the pairing? I thought it was a perfectly reasonable one. Gamzee♦Tavros doesn't work at all, but matesprits seems fine.
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Date: 2011-06-02 07:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-02 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-02 09:02 pm (UTC)It's perfectly reasonable and painfully dull.
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Date: 2011-06-03 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-03 03:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-07 11:43 pm (UTC)I guess what he's saying is…… some people are into OOC characterization…?