06-07-2016, 07:29 PM
Hu, it's interesting to see it put down in words and described. I'm very much in the "transformative" side of things but then it's split with the "curative" side almost down the middle in some fandoms... I'm not a huge fan of massive changes. Especially if I truly like a character it two... I don't want to change them. I'm usually not a fan at all of adding extremely non canon things... You get the point. And it's odd because I'm a female POC... But I tend to not look at stuff that way when it comes to things in the media. I don't care if a show doesn't have a black girl on it... Idk what that means... But if the show is good or I like someone on it, I don't care.
And you would think that I would automatically start changing stuff or adding characters. I prefer to take the characters that exist and then changing the canon to make them be together. That's literally what I use gang iron for, it's to make a ship I like canon. Otherwise I go with whatever canon is doing and I'm fine with it. For me I guess it's mostly entertainment and I started watching because I enjoy the show and or its characters.
Take The Walking Dead, I am a huge nerd when it comes to this show and it's background and characters and what happens in comic book canon vs tv show canon... I accept the show and it's flaws never used to ship on the show... Until bethyl happened. Then I was a goner, then I started to look at things a certain way after they killed off half my ship (that tech never was canon...meh) my interest in the show faltered a lot. I still pay attention to it and I know what's happened but it's not as exciting as it used to be as clearly the writing and creativity are lacking these days for it.
But what I did, I wrote fanfic for that show, to fix what canon didn't do in the since of one ship, I didn't gender bend or race bend... I just changed canon to make a ship happen.
It's the same with TBBT, I write to "fix" canon and make a ship happen. Now I'll occasionally find the show still funny and I still love the main character (s), but I can't sit and watch because they added Amy... I just can't! I can let a lot of things go... But not her. Awful awful her...
But yeah... That's what I write and read fanfic for! To fix that mess...
Anyway, it's really interesting and makes you think TBH. Why do you do or not do/think or not think the third things that one does for fandoms and how they feel about canon.
What it said above about some stuff is absolutely true! And I commend folks who are that passionate about changing things and I'm all for it...
I'm just here because I want two fictional characters to kiss... If it also happens to include an awesome plot and writing... Well that's just cake.
I'll stop here before I start ranting too much. This post is also just... It's all over the place but I'm
Intrigued and it's a very interesting article. Fandom is interesting and over the last 15 years of my life (pretty much half my life) has been involved in some fandoms of some sort... It's an interesting and sometimes exhausting world to live in. But it's fun and you meet people and if I have to be addicted to something... Rather it be a couple of fictional characters.
And you would think that I would automatically start changing stuff or adding characters. I prefer to take the characters that exist and then changing the canon to make them be together. That's literally what I use gang iron for, it's to make a ship I like canon. Otherwise I go with whatever canon is doing and I'm fine with it. For me I guess it's mostly entertainment and I started watching because I enjoy the show and or its characters.
Take The Walking Dead, I am a huge nerd when it comes to this show and it's background and characters and what happens in comic book canon vs tv show canon... I accept the show and it's flaws never used to ship on the show... Until bethyl happened. Then I was a goner, then I started to look at things a certain way after they killed off half my ship (that tech never was canon...meh) my interest in the show faltered a lot. I still pay attention to it and I know what's happened but it's not as exciting as it used to be as clearly the writing and creativity are lacking these days for it.
But what I did, I wrote fanfic for that show, to fix what canon didn't do in the since of one ship, I didn't gender bend or race bend... I just changed canon to make a ship happen.
It's the same with TBBT, I write to "fix" canon and make a ship happen. Now I'll occasionally find the show still funny and I still love the main character (s), but I can't sit and watch because they added Amy... I just can't! I can let a lot of things go... But not her. Awful awful her...
But yeah... That's what I write and read fanfic for! To fix that mess...
Anyway, it's really interesting and makes you think TBH. Why do you do or not do/think or not think the third things that one does for fandoms and how they feel about canon.
What it said above about some stuff is absolutely true! And I commend folks who are that passionate about changing things and I'm all for it...
I'm just here because I want two fictional characters to kiss... If it also happens to include an awesome plot and writing... Well that's just cake.
I'll stop here before I start ranting too much. This post is also just... It's all over the place but I'm
Intrigued and it's a very interesting article. Fandom is interesting and over the last 15 years of my life (pretty much half my life) has been involved in some fandoms of some sort... It's an interesting and sometimes exhausting world to live in. But it's fun and you meet people and if I have to be addicted to something... Rather it be a couple of fictional characters.
Bitches be crazy.