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[schizo_niko]

This is not exactly a rant, but I figured that you guys, of all people, would have some good ideas.

For Advanced Composition class I'm writing a compare/contrast essay. My topic? Good!fic versus bad!fic.

If necessary, I can write this on my own, but I would love for your input on characteristics of good fics and bad fics. What makes them different

Comments

[lulu_nobody]

For me

[anonymous]

The big thing is how it connects to canon. Goodfic ties into established canon with sentence, firmly rooted in what we already know of the characters. Badfic roams, disregarding canon, letting strong characters be weak and weak characters be strong. Goodfic will keep in mind the character's known past (I-VI worked for Ansem, Sora lived on Destiny Islands, Kairi used to live in Radiant Garden but doesn't remember... stuff like that). Badfic might or might not (maybe Kairi is reminiscing about Radiant Garden, maybe Ienzo is from Olympus Coliseum). Goodfic keeps in mind characters' past actions to predict future choices (in the past, Sora has done anything and everything for his friends; goodfic will have him caring about them). Badfic has characters acting in ways they wouldn't (Sora might disregard Riku and Kairi, become solitary, make fun of Donald's accent, etc

[anonymous]

The big thing is how it connects to canon. Goodfic ties into established canon with sentence, firmly rooted in what we already know of the characters. Badfic roams, disregarding canon, letting strong characters be weak and weak characters be strong. Goodfic will keep in mind the character's known past (I-VI worked for Ansem, Sora lived on Destiny Islands, Kairi used to live in Radiant Garden but doesn't remember... stuff like that). Badfic might or might not (maybe Kairi is reminiscing about Radiant Garden, maybe Ienzo is from Olympus Coliseum). Goodfic keeps in mind characters' past actions to predict future choices (in the past, Sora has done anything and everything for his friends; goodfic will have him caring about them). Badfic has characters acting in ways they wouldn't (Sora might disregard Riku and Kairi, become solitary, make fun of Donald's accent, etc