Disgruntle workers VERB+NOUN, not ADJ+NOUN

[lunabee34]

[Poll #1315922]

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[mofic.livejournal.com]

I like POV changes, if done skillfully, both as a reader and a writer. I often write series where the POV changes from chapter to chapter.

I think canon believability is very important. I do feel fic has to go beyond canon or we might as well just reread/rewatch canon. It's the fanfic author's job to convince the reader that this could be canon. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by "canonicity" though. Some people decry slash as anti-canonical, but I see it as extra-canonical if done well, which all fanfic is.

Egregious misspelling or grammar/punctuation errors will make me stop reading a fic. Errors in the *title* will prevent me from reading the fic. In my main fandom (X-Men) there are a bunch of writers who misspell characters' names, which I find beyond sloppy. "Rouge" for "Rogue" is pretty common. Another one is Scott "Cyclops" Summers, who is sometimes called "Summer" - I guess on the assumption that the final S in his name is plural?

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with POV changes that are clearly demarcated as such--alternating chapters for instance. But if a whole fic has been from POV A and then suddenly, we hear POV C's internal monologue--that gets on my nerves.

You are right that canonicity is a loaded term and I'm probably not using it here to accurately portray what I mean. I mean canonicity in that canon characterization, plot, dialogue, etc. informs your fic choices as an author and in those places where your fic departs from canon, you do so consciously and for effect. For instance, if you're writing Rodney McKay, you're aware that in canon he's often a belligerent asshat, even if you choose not to highlight that aspect of his character.

[mofic.livejournal.com]

That kind of canonicity I can get behind. After all, a big reason I read and write fanfic is I really like the characters, so I want to see the characters I care about, warts and all. But I think for some readers/writers (particularly some slashers) what they really like is how the actors look, so characterization doesn't matter so much.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yes! This is one of the reasons that AUs were so hard for me to get into at first because I initially read several in which the characters bore no resemblance to the canon characters save physicality.

[mofic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, AU's are all over the map. Some are so alternate it's hard to get the connection. Others just take one thing and change it. My secondary fandom is Star Wars TPM and AU where Qui-Gon didn't die is so common in that fandom that his death is known as The Scene That Didn't Happen.

I write X-Men movieverse, mostly post-X1 (although I've written X2 as well - can't stand X3). Some would consider that AU, since it contradicts X2, but I just consider it true to X1 canon.

Thanks for the card!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I'm glad it arrived.

Yours was amongst the first wave. I mailed all my overseas cards too late. I fear it will be into 2009 before they arrive, particularly in Australia. That country's mail always gets there the latest.