My Brain: New Story Idea!! Must Write Now!

“You too, child?”

People keep introducing villains with dark music and grim shadows everywhere and like edgy aesthetic and speeches

but the Best Villain introduction and establishing moment has already occurred

like, we’ve been with her one minute and we already know every other thing about her and Are Terrified, every other introduction go home, this one already wins

“Why are fanfictions always so much better written than canon??”

Because they’re catered to you and your ideas of what the characters, story, etc. should be, which doesn’t always line up with canon.

It’s not a matter of which one is objectively better, but of audience. 

Fanfiction is made for fans by fans with copious amounts of fanon concepts made to appeal to, well, the fandom. This is not inherently bad, and obviously the amount of fanons and which ones will vary from fic to fic, but given that the quote above generally only applies to fics the poster likes…yeah. That fic is written specifically for you and the people who agree with you. Again, not inherently a bad thing.

BUT that is not the case for canon. Canon is not written for the fandom; the fandom can’t form until after the canon exists. How that fandom changes as different people come and go as they decide they do or don’t like the directions canon takes is another story, but nonetheless unlike fanfiction it is not written to cater to fanon concepts and preferences. And “not catering to fanon” is not synonymous with “bad writing”.

Now that said, yes there are obviously fanfics out there that are objectively very well-written and creative, and yes there is canon material out there for whatever book/movie/tv show/etc that objectively isn’t so great.

But most of the time, your perception of fanfics is better because they’re tailored to your biases. Not because they’re objectively better-written.

Again, there’s nothing inherently wrong with that–it’s completely normal to prefer/enjoy things that fit your opinions/headcanons–but maybe step back and consider that a moment before you go and bash the creators of your favorite book/movie/show for not following the same plot of your favorite fic.

UNTIL DAWN: The Blackwood Files by @nyxrising

off to have a flying date!

how do I find a fic that’s exactly like the one I’ve just read but also different

I was tagged by @e-iji!! This is my first time being tagged in something like this so thank you friend :D

Name 10 favorite characters from 10 different things then tag 10 people

Wash (rvb)

Makoto (free!)

Yamaguchi (hq)

Elliot (ph)

Roland (vnc)

Angus (taz)

Erasmus (capri)

Bartimaeus (bartieamus trilogy)

Jade (homestuck)

Sun (rwby)

I tag: @oiek @montevena @writings-of-a-narwhal @tsaikovs @lizziewriting @skeletongrrl @addadora @somerecycledideas @chtoyant @meliyal

Very much inspired by this post by @papanorth

gold foil print for an artbook 🌿