To Me It Feels Like Fandoms Have Been Getting Meaner Lately With The Whole "fandom Is Mischaracterizing
to me it feels like fandoms have been getting meaner lately with the whole "fandom is mischaracterizing the characters and needs to revisit the source material" attitude
it's okay to get personally frustrated with the way others write the characters, but please be careful not to discourage others (especially younger/newer writers) from writing out of fear of getting the characters wrong, AND please remember that not everyone wants to hear criticism of the way they write (specifically side-eyeing the people who write negative fanfic reviews, which when I was a teenager it literally made me stop writing fanfiction for years, because I felt like I could never meet the expectations of others)
also, multiple people can look at the same source material and get completely different vibes/readings/interpretations of the characters, so just saying "revisit the source material" might not be as helpful if you're looking for an interpretation with a specific lens the other person just doesn't share
if you're frustrated with other people's interpretations lacking something you were looking for, it's helpful to see each interpretation of the character as "[that person]'s version" instead of trying to fit it all into a collective narrative of the same character. I find it's more accurate to accounting for the differences in interpretation, also for things like multishipping
also, you should write what you want to see for yourself, so you can show people your own version of these characters!
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