fun-fact! an AU hypothetical
Say I had an AU. And say the boys had an ally, and say I named this ally something like Dekim Barton or Quinze. Would you automatically assume/guess that this ally was secretly a bad guy ready to betray their confidence? Does it make it less fun, being able to see the 'obvious'? Or would it make it less fun if it turned out that he really was a
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Taking the example of genderswap. Yes, I do find it interesting to see how the character changes if he/she is a different gender, but I would take a moment to stop and ask, why did the author choose to do that? If the author is taking the genderswap seriously, writing scenes that illustrate the differences nicely, exploring it as a true thought exercise, then yay. If the author has a note at the top of the fic that says, 'hehe i just made so-and-so a girl because i felt like it and it was just so cute! *giggle*', then boo. Boo x100, I say.
But I suppose I should stop worrying about the ways that people have used the AU label as an excuse to write about an OC with a GW name. ^^' I think that's probably what was at the root of me asking the question to begin with, a worry that I would do the very thing that annoys me in others. But now that discussion has helped me identify the source of my neurosis, perhaps I can let most of it go now. =) Knowing what it is I fear can help me to avoid it.
Stupidly enough, I just reviewed the source material of my idea, and realized/remembered that the potential-Treize-character actually works his way into the nobility in the end, so... problem solved? =p And now that you mention it, I think this actually is something of an interesting thought exercise, and actually works out quite well, that Treize is quite Treize-y, and being a commoner in a place with a strict class bias would easily fuel his resentment of the nobility, knowing that he's just as good as they are, but cannot rise to his potential, so when that one event happens to set fire to his tinder, it's no wonder he would form the plots that he did, no matter his childhood friendship and allegiance to our Heero... Yesss.... *steeples fingers* This pleases me.
...Ha, Treize even has a canon brother I can dispose of, thanks to Frozen Teardrop. ^o^ I was looking for one. Glad that silly thing can serve some purpose.
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