You know, the more I see it, the more I'm starting to hate the phrase Out of CharacterMostly because other people dictating how a person should be writing kind of pisses me off. There used to be a time when people were ASKING to see new character traits in whatever fandom they were in - at least they did in mine. But apparently now it's not a good
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I was thinking about something similar yesterday, that this is why I suck at betareading and why I always get neurotic about recommending fic or giving concrit or ANYTHING. Because, like, who am I? How can I say, qualitatively, that something is good? How can I tell someone they need more action or hotter sex or a better ending or more of character X? I know whether or not I like something, but doesn't that just mean the story does or doesn't fit a template of expectations I had in my head? Isn't most concrit me just saying, "Dude, you didn't write the story I wanted!"
Of course, that belief kinda invalidates my English degree, which focused on the holy duality of writing and criticism. *grin* Do you think there is such a thing, objectively, as poor characterization or a "bad" story, or is it all personal taste? (Example: I had a nice friend many years ago who wrote what I considered to be bad fiction. It had an unbelievable premise, the characterization was so eccentric I couldn't ( ... )
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Welcome to even more of my neuroses: My reccing is totally random. I've read wonderful things I never rec. I don't think I've ever recced anything in popslash, first because I felt like (and was) a total n00b, and then because I was paralyzed that people would think I was snubbing ( ... )
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Sorry, moment over.
Right now I'm reading The Best Fanfic On The Internet (I'm sorry, "What I Think Is The Best Fanfic On The Internet") and I kept being weirded out by the author's Draco characterization. He was...sort of nice, yet juvenile, and bratty, and snotty, and temper-tantrummy, and manipulative, and clingy, and all in a childish way. He wasn't snarky! He wasn't particularly clever! He wasn't suave! As I was about to dismiss him as "good, but a bit OOC, don't you know" it occurred to me that this was the Draco FROM THE BOOKS. Canon, not fanon. And while I'm not crazy about canon!Draco, the author's characterization was not only legitimate, it was arguably more "in-character" than the Dracos in award-winning HP fics I'd read.
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