#why we have fan fiction

[nephilimeq]

Teen Wolf and Lack of Character Development - Scott McCall

Incoming Rant: Re-watching the first season of TW I have realised why I never felt that Scott was The Hero of the story even if the writers did not stop hammering the idea that he was pure and perfect and always right. He never sacrifices himself. This is a classic of fiction, the hero will always be the one who makes the greatest sacrifices for the common good and for those they love, renouncing happiness, normality and even their own life. 

But Scott never does that. Even in the first season this is very clear. The first few episodes emphasise that playing lacrosse and dating Allison are things he wants, but are dangerous to himself and those around him. The narratively logical thing would be that, after a period of selfish refusal, he would realise that the right thing to do is to give up what he loves until he has better control of himself and his new powers, sacrificing his temporary happiness for the good of others.

Instead, the narrative rewards Scott with control gained through Deux Ex Machina and not hard work, he gets to date Allison and becomes a Lacrosse star without sacrifices and therefore doesn't grow or evolve at all. This keeps up for all 6 seasons. Meanwhile, everyone else around him is constantly sacrificing their safety, sanity and even life for the common good.  And ten years later in the movie nothing has changed. Scott’s still not the one performing the sacrifice, he's still not the hero yet. He gives nothing, but the narrative rewards him with true love. Meanwhile Derek gives his own life to save those he loves he is The Hero.

So. Yes. To all of this.

I have made a countless number of posts about Scott’s development. Specifically, his lack of development. The writers had every opportunity to make him a decent character -- and Posey could have performed it and done everything at least moderately well -- but instead, they caved into Jeff Davis’ whims.

There were other writers in the room who should have held Jeff accountable and written Scott as a proper hero: a hero who sacrifices his own selfish wants for the greater good.

They do not have the right to tell us not to like characters such as Stiles or Derek more because they were the ones who wrote those characters using the hero’s journey narrative that they very easily could have written for Scott...but they didn’t. When the creator of Teen Wolf speaks up against those fans, he has no one to blame but himself and the other writers, and to say anything to the contrary just makes him look like a hypocrite.

You cannot expect your audience to believe your main character is a hero when you do not give them faults to overcome and make them a better person.

They wrote Scott as never taking consequences for his own actions -- instead, they had everyone else suffer the consequences of his actions and had them clean up his mess and deal with the repercussions. (not going into detail here because I have already done so on many other posts)

But when you show characters such as Stiles and Derek dealing with complex emotional and physical traumas and then doing things to try and improve themselves, while also dealing with their own mistakes and growing from them...but then don’t hold your main character to the same standard, how can you be surprised when no one relates to them? The accountability for Scott’s lack of accountability can be traced right back to the writers’ room.

I genuinely could have liked Scott. In fact, when he was being sweet and helping his mom, I loved him! He had the potential to be a fantastic main character...but the writer’s neglected their responsibility as writers.

To put it simply: the writers suck.

The only reason the show lasted was because they had good cinematography, and they brought on some experienced older actors into the cast, and they had two natural talents on screen: Dylan O’Brien and Tyler Hoechlin.

That’s it.

[probablyin-bed]

there are no more "original" ideas when it comes to fics!!!! when will you learn!!!! you will see people write for similar ideas multiple times bc it's almost impossible!!!! to find!!!! brand! new! ideas!!!!!

it's getting ridiculous now with the "you stole my fic" accusations just bc someone else wrote something with a similar theme. you didn't create every theme/trope/au of mankind so pls humble urself and understand that you will see similarities in FAN FICTION or leave this app and fan fiction as a whole.

unless it was copied literally word for word down to the punctuation, nobody stole "your idea". eeeeeeenough !

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sentence Sunday

Trying something, but I'm not sure if it's going to work or if it'll end up in the final story, but here it is.

Somedays, he didn’t know how to feel like a real person. Somedays, he never left that basement in Kansas. Part of Ted died that day with his father, leaving him doing his best Pinocchio impression of trying to act like a real boy.  Somedays, it worked. Somedays, Ted ended up turning into a donkey. So, to help, he developed mantras.  Be curious, not judgemental.  Forgive people.  Don’t give up.  Never let people question how you feel about them.  Somewhere along there he forgot how to just be Ted. Somewhere along there he forgot to meet people where they were. Somewhere along there he forgot all people are different people. Somewhere along there he forgot that Jamie needed something different than the other fellas. Somewhere along there, he forgot he was supposed to be a coach and not just an extra in the Zava show. Somewhere along there, he failed at all of it.

[ficday]

if i see one more miles x black reader angst fic where miles sidelines reader for gwen one of y’all just gon have to run one w me frl

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Observing peoples reactions to morally gray or black actions committed by different characters is so funny. Throughout all of G. War the character tags were chock-full of people unironically enraged claiming “Bruce isn’t even capable of doing something bad like that.” about an action that is pretty well in line with his character journey thus far, meanwhile there are still new posts that gain traction that open with lines like “I know Jason has committed his fair share of sins/crimes but” like bro when. In 2010?

Also. The whole premise of the b*tfamily™ that you so love is built on the load bearing wall being that they are a crime family. Hell, do people just collectively forget the part where Bruce manufactures and freely uses weapons with his own furry brand logo plastered all over them, causing all sorts of 'explosions and more!' property damage all over the streets of Gotham? Pretty sure that makes him a terrorist but you people don't feel the need to go around reminding fandom of that every five minutes.

[spacedlexi]

sooo glad we live in the universe where twdgs4 was rewritten to be about saving the school instead of the original lis2-esque on the road each-episode-is-a-new-location plot. really dodged a bullet there

dont know if it was due to the cuts and collapsing work environment (no budget for all the assets needed) or what but the school plot is just like the perfect setting for her to end her story. and we really almost got a plot about her.... just trying to make it back to her original house? oof

[mangoofthesea]

what I say: I like reading fiction about power structures and systems of governance outside of our usual - like royalty fantasy or rogue criminal heist kind of thing. The action sequences and higher levels of consequences are really cool

what I mean: it's about the experience of being trapped within a system which you hate but want to sustain in a better way than it has been for the good of its members its about loving your family while hating your family while being stuck somewhere you want to improve you can't escape your responsibility but you can try its a never ending struggle of deciding who you are and who you could be and how you can live and live with yourself while within such systems that feel like a wall closing in on you and your life as you try to build a life with less corruption than the last generation its about th-

[vermillioncrown]

at the risk of sounding butthurt for talking about not being butthurt: going through quals really prepared me for trawling through fandom meta and research while keeping my zen

[yvesdot]

How do you personally sort your books?

Tell me in replies, reblogs, or tags (or DMs or the #book-club channel in my Discord)! Do you use author last name, title, Dewey Decimal system, colors, heights, genre, age range, something entirely different, or combinations of the above?

Also let me know if the following have their own space on your shelf, or if they go in with the rest: favorites (books or authors), classics, To Be Read vs. Read, fiction vs. nonfiction, and text vs. graphic novels.

And: why do you sort them that way? Is it for the benefit of your finding them, or someone else? Do aesthetics play a role? Is this how you prefer others' books to be shelved when you come visit, or how you'd like libraries or bookstores to shelve? Please don't be afraid of running long-- I really want to know!

[mxalexwhat]

People bitch about Melanie being mean to Jon, and yeah, he's my little babygirl, but imagine you've been so incredibly fucked up, and every day you walk into work, not only do you see one of the major mechanisms of why you're fucked up, but he's also the model for how much more fucked up you could have been. It must be so frustrating to look at Jon and see her own alternate future. She almost became an avatar, just like him. She even tells him how she knew what the ghost bullet was doing to her. She liked that this entity justified her hurting others, acknowledges she wouldn't have let them take it had they told her.

And I think somewhere in that anger she does care for Jon. It must be so sad to see someone struggle with their own humanity, knowing they are at their core a deeply kind person, yet they're too far past the point of no return for you to actually be able to help them, while still struggling with your own emotional baggage. Anger is, after all, often just another form of sadness. The fact that Melanie can finally cry and, unprompted, apologizes to Jon for stabbing him (even though he was the one who drugged and cut into her without consent [though really, it was Basira's idea and she made him do all the dirty work, but setting aside semantics for now]), and after quitting, she even tells him he is welcome as a friend, means she does care about him.

I have my own frustrations with Melanie as a fan, but I also 100% get where she's coming from and think that's a sign of Jonny's incredible writing, to have real human interactions in a fictional character.

[goldiipond]

nintendos announced not only the first mainline game with daisy in it but shes also a playable character AND we’re getting a new super princess peach i just felt little child skye explode somewhere

[devilfruitdyke]

I HATE FANDOM WANK YALL ARE UNHINGED. VERY NEGATIVE BTW

[productofaritual]

Trying times for everyone truly. Let's get our minds off everything and share some DSMP fanfics shall we?

Favorite tooth rotting fluff (preferably over 2k) GO!

Here's mine :) https://archiveofourown.org/works/36768175/chapters/91722487

[chat-dank]

You have the right to like your Angbang intense. You have the right to like your Angbang fucked up. You have the right to like your Angbang unhinged. You have the right to like your Angbang harmful. But you also have a right to like your Angbang fluffy, too. You are not woobifying them if you like it soft or write a fic where they say they love each other or kiss or high five or take a bite from the same sandwich or whatever. You have a different interpretation, that’s all. You’re not committing some horrid unforgivable atrocity against your fandom. You’re not an “annoying fan” if you want your ships happy, even if other people dislike you for it, the same way you are not an “annoying fan” if you like your ships intense and other people dislike you for it. You’re not a mean person for having an opinion that the majority dislikes. You’re an individual human being who has an opinion and your opinion is worth JUST as much as every other opinion in your fandom. Because that’s how opinions work. You’re not disregarding canon any more than people who bend it to fit their other non-canon ships or headcanons or other interpretations of this ship or their interpretation of any other ship or anything else that JRRT or Christopher or the Tolkien estate disagree with. We all see a piece of media and interpret it differently. It doesn’t make any of us better or worse for it. Ship and let ship. 

[ohitslen]

Will always remain confused as to why people will fight over ships as if we weren’t all wrong about them, except for the incredibly rare occasions where the ship becomes canon, and even then you should just mind your damn business because in all seriousness. Why wouldn’t you.

[ghostoffuturespast]

Me: This is the world's dumbest daddy joke ever.

Also me, gleefully: Keeps it in anyway.

I need to stop doing this to myself... I still have the last third of this chapter to write...