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[crystalreport]

Dear KH fanfic! writers,

I understand that many of you like to write AkuRoku. I am not a supporter of AkuRoku, but I can see your reasons why.
However, there is one thing that bugs me:
Has any of you ever written a story which focuses on the friendship of Axel and Roxas? Just honest to goodness friendship.
Seriously, it's as if friendship in many of

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[fortuna_s]

Personally, I just prefer to see them as a couple. I think that the evidence canon presents us can be interpreted as romantic or platonic, and I've processed that evidence and favor the former.

Along with what has been said, I believe that the subject of a fic, or any piece of writing, is up to the author and the author alone. I mean, I could try to write a genfic AxelRoxas (or my OTP 411), but I doubt it would be any good because I see theirs as a romantic relationship, and I'm sure that would get in there somehow, whether I was conscious of it or not.

Many AkuRoku fics are atrocious, I know, between the horrible PWP and chracterization problems and grammar errors, there are very few fics that make an effort to be good stories, let alone good romances. But there are a good deal of talented writers who support the pairing and back up their beliefs with logical interpretations of canon, and create works that have them in a relationship while staying true to their characters. I feel like your post undermines the work and skill of the talented AkuRoku writers that put a lot of thought and energy into creating quality works. I know you probably didn't mean it this way, but it was just the way I read things and I'm sorry if I misinterpreted. Please be wary that, whether you meant to or not, you come off as rather angry at the AkuRoku shippers.

On the other hand, I feel like a friendship could be well or ill handled, depending on who's writing it. I think there are a variety of oneshots that involve them just going on about their days or talking or sitting on Clock Tower, and sometimes they have an underlying romance, sometimes the author leaves them ambiguous so not to alienate the reader, and sometimes it's pure genfic. I hope that you can find an author that shares your tastes so that you can read fanfiction you enjoy.

...forgive the long comment. I...do that sometimes... o^_^o