random fanfic/fandom rant

[meganbmoore]

Actually been trying out some fanfic lately instead  of just reading summaries. Nothing really new here, but...

(pretty much all anime/manga because hey, it's my life lately, though a few other things get mentioned)

I like canon.  I'm not quite a canon nazi, but unless canon is flatout BAD(in which case, why bother with the fandom anyway?) I see

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[chaos00tryza]

I was thinking about writing more fanfiction myself recently, I’ve had so many bad experiences with horrible, horrible fanfiction about Naruto featuring my OTP. I forced myself to read another bashing fanfic -just- so I could understand where all the hate comes from, and then I read another kind of “regular” one when it stumps out my OTP making another female look better, and blacklisting my otp as “dysfunctional”

*cracks knuckles* Let my typing frenzy begin!!

I see little point in fanfic that opposes [canon pairings]...seems to me that once you're writing AGAINST the story, you aren't even really writing about the characters or world anyway. I have no problems with stories that add to the canon, as long as they don't contradict canon.

Would that go for implied canon pairings too? I see Shikatema as a heavily implied canon pairing, despite fierce opposition from shikaino ships. I mean really, AsuKure was implied, and only recently that have been dubbed canon (the first in Naruto history). It irritates me that Kishimoto does not “

[meganbmoore]

Most of the best OTPs have a fair degree of dysfunctionality to them...it's what keeps them interesting.

Most pairings are implied for a long time instead of outright, and if it comes to an implied pairing vs something never remotely hinted at in canon(and, frankly, on the subject of your thing--WHY??? Ino is little more than a second rate-Sakura who isn't remotely as smart or tough as the original and her sole purpose in canon has been to help kick Sakura and Shika's butts into gear. And, like ShikaTema and unlike ShikaIno, ChoIno was actually somewhat hinted at a few times)

Part of it with Naruto is that irt draws in younger fans, which usually also means a lower maturity level.

[chaos00tryza]

I wasn't clear was I? The fanfic that I read made sure to show that my OTP's relationship was dysfunctional, and therefore, was not worth keeping intact (from the male's POV).

Um... O.o what is the subject of "my thing" [in relation to Ino??] that you're telling me about? *is confused*

[meganbmoore]

Ah. Meant never understood why Ino is so popular, or why people would pair her with Shika, for the above reasons.

[chaos00tryza]

Eh?!? It sounds like you're "promoting Ino-ism" to be popular, compared to Sakura.
Ino is little more than a second rate-Sakura who isn't remotely as smart or tough as the original[,] and her sole purpose in canon has been to help kick Sakura and Shika's butts.

If you're honestly stumped on Ino's popularity...join the club. Alert me if this doesn't make sense:***I've learned that people pair Ino with my innocent Shika baby because her "adoring" fans selfishly desire her to be paired with someone in the series, regaurdless of logic, fans do this to satisfy their sick idea of Ino being "happy". In order to choose a mate, fans go for their idea of the "most likely" bachelor; And any delusional fan can conclude--that the most likely person is her respective teammate Shikamaru. Aren't they cute together?

[meganbmoore]

hmm...that line should have been "butts into gear"

but seriously, she's likable enough, i guess, but her usefulness began and ended with telling Sakura to pay attention to Naruto, too, instead of just Sasuke. Beyond that, about all she's done is make Shik fight Temari and visit Cho in the hospital. Ino, to me, is just Sakura without the things that make me like Sakura-her brains and her actively trying to constantly make herself better than she started out as.

[chaos00tryza]

whatevs, whatevs

but hell yeah she is likeable. ino's got spunk. and even when i find her "whiny bitching" -as if girly girls only do that- annoying, she's still just ino.

[meganbmoore]

Oh, I have no problems with Ino(with any Naruto characters, really, though Naruto himself annoys me) I just don't get the Ino fixation at all.

[chaos00tryza]

What is Ino supposed to be..."Hip & Cool" ? Because it looks like she has "style" ? -___-

[meganbmoore]

given what she's wearing after the 2 year jump, I don't think that's it...waaaaaayyyy too much netting.

In the manga, the only purpose Ino has ever served is as a foil to Sakura and another female. Which is cool and fine...I mean, Tenten has pretty much only served to showcase Temari and admire Neji and again, be a female ninja. And actually, Tenten strikes me as being MORE interesting than Ino...maybe it's because she's connected to Shikamaru-who's popular-and Sakura-a central character, that makes people focus on her?

[chaos00tryza]

lol, i have no comment for tenten's usefulness. i hear time and time again about ino's "goddess like beauty"...apparently she "outshines" the other girls, and what boy could resist that? Shikamaru...that's who.