Found my way via Unicorn fic, saw the b5 tag and found this. Unfortunately I'm unfamiliar with most of your fandoms, but... This list is so true! And that's why you get my 2ct.
1. Sometimes it also shows poor understanding of a chara. But some fans love their favourite char and say "He would never do that in this situation!" (rose-coloured glasses, anyone?) while others say "If you think of his previous experiences - yes, his violence and anger is an understandable reaction in this situation." And that's why I'm not a writer, I can't see things from the chara's perspective and therefore can't predict how he might react in a scenario, I only can try to comprehend an action/a reaction.
2. Unfortunately, this is something I often found in Anime fandom. In lots of fics I found one of them has to be the weak subby sub, because the other is apparently big and strong, so he can't be the subby sub. It's rather annoying.
3. I rather prefer switching stories, too. Like I heard somebody saying "Sometimes you want the bun and sometimes you want the sausage." (Sorry, literal translation. I'm not an English Native). Or to use a quote from a Harry Potter fanfic: "'Would you show me how it feels?' Harry asked, breathless. 'The way you like it? To…to be taken?'". The Sonnet Series by Afrocurl and Nekosmuse http://archiveofourown.org/series/12768 (X-Men First Class fandom, might be nothing for you because non-powered University AU and the sex scenes are rather explicit, but from my - rather limited experience - point of view very well written and realistic) had a paragraph in the third installment of the series (Love's Own Crown) which said that "he was struck with the almost uncontrollable urge to top. That never happened" which was really nice because through the story they switch again and it's explained why. There are also well-written stories where charas prefer to bottom/top. However, in Anime Fandom I seldom came across them. It's rather hard to not find the Uke/Seme theme. I think, some people really believe switching hurts...
5. Well, some people see the female character as a potentially rival which has to be eliminated so that there can be boys love. If you write good characterization, you don't have to bash characters.
6. There's always someone out there who likes the character you hate, so just respect their opinions.
Thank you for that. I am still a rather active reader in an old americanized Anime fandom (the german dub is <3 for me) and there is a canon paring Colt/Robin. However, a lot of the fans I know are rather big Colt-fans and tend to hate Robin because she is pacifistic and tends to hate weapons and shooting things and Colt is a sharp shooter (and she doesn't swoon when they first met but was rather annoyed with him although he tried to help her, because he was a show-off). There were a few episodes with her and in one of them an old man advises her to have patience and comprehension if she doesn't want to lose him, because it's very hard to stop fighting if you've done it your whole life. And you can see it in her face that she gets it, that she's going to try. However, most of the girls don't like her because "Colt deserves something better" and describe her as a bitchy bitch who is going to henpeck him. There were some ugly comments and I found it sad that they say they tolerate different opinions but make bitchy comments like school girls if you say things out of their point of view.
7. That made me cringe, too. Alpha/Beta/Omegaverse was like a written invitation for more PWP and subby subs and their big bad strong doms and most of the stories I found were like that. And I prefer mostly equality and plot with my porn, so I rather try to skip those fics. However, "Thanks, Biology" by Unforgotten http://archiveofourown.org/works/437204 made me laugh real hard. It's not your stereotypical Alpha/Omega and rather funny.
8. Yay for not wasting the gun! It's a good reason to re-read or re-watch something because you can be led astray or collect hints for something (the first 4 Babylon 5 seasons are such a good example) and sometimes you still say "I wouldn't have expected that" but it's understandable how or why it happened.
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Date: 2012-09-18 10:30 am (UTC)1. Sometimes it also shows poor understanding of a chara. But some fans love their favourite char and say "He would never do that in this situation!" (rose-coloured glasses, anyone?) while others say "If you think of his previous experiences - yes, his violence and anger is an understandable reaction in this situation."
And that's why I'm not a writer, I can't see things from the chara's perspective and therefore can't predict how he might react in a scenario, I only can try to comprehend an action/a reaction.
2. Unfortunately, this is something I often found in Anime fandom. In lots of fics I found one of them has to be the weak subby sub, because the other is apparently big and strong, so he can't be the subby sub. It's rather annoying.
3. I rather prefer switching stories, too.
Like I heard somebody saying "Sometimes you want the bun and sometimes you want the sausage." (Sorry, literal translation. I'm not an English Native). Or to use a quote from a Harry Potter fanfic: "'Would you show me how it feels?' Harry asked, breathless. 'The way you like it? To…to be taken?'". The Sonnet Series by Afrocurl and Nekosmuse http://archiveofourown.org/series/12768 (X-Men First Class fandom, might be nothing for you because non-powered University AU and the sex scenes are rather explicit, but from my - rather limited experience - point of view very well written and realistic) had a paragraph in the third installment of the series (Love's Own Crown) which said that "he was struck with the almost uncontrollable urge to top. That never happened" which was really nice because through the story they switch again and it's explained why.
There are also well-written stories where charas prefer to bottom/top. However, in Anime Fandom I seldom came across them. It's rather hard to not find the Uke/Seme theme.
I think, some people really believe switching hurts...
5. Well, some people see the female character as a potentially rival which has to be eliminated so that there can be boys love. If you write good characterization, you don't have to bash characters.
6. There's always someone out there who likes the character you hate, so just respect their opinions.
Thank you for that. I am still a rather active reader in an old americanized Anime fandom (the german dub is <3 for me) and there is a canon paring Colt/Robin. However, a lot of the fans I know are rather big Colt-fans and tend to hate Robin because she is pacifistic and tends to hate weapons and shooting things and Colt is a sharp shooter (and she doesn't swoon when they first met but was rather annoyed with him although he tried to help her, because he was a show-off). There were a few episodes with her and in one of them an old man advises her to have patience and comprehension if she doesn't want to lose him, because it's very hard to stop fighting if you've done it your whole life. And you can see it in her face that she gets it, that she's going to try. However, most of the girls don't like her because "Colt deserves something better" and describe her as a bitchy bitch who is going to henpeck him. There were some ugly comments and I found it sad that they say they tolerate different opinions but make bitchy comments like school girls if you say things out of their point of view.
7. That made me cringe, too. Alpha/Beta/Omegaverse was like a written invitation for more PWP and subby subs and their big bad strong doms and most of the stories I found were like that. And I prefer mostly equality and plot with my porn, so I rather try to skip those fics. However, "Thanks, Biology" by Unforgotten http://archiveofourown.org/works/437204 made me laugh real hard. It's not your stereotypical Alpha/Omega and rather funny.
8. Yay for not wasting the gun! It's a good reason to re-read or re-watch something because you can be led astray or collect hints for something (the first 4 Babylon 5 seasons are such a good example) and sometimes you still say "I wouldn't have expected that" but it's understandable how or why it happened.