snowflake challenge #3
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svgurlChallenge #3:
In your own space, put some favorite characters into an AU, fuse some favorite canons together, talk about your favorite AU/fusion tropes, or tell us why AU/fusions aren’t your cup of tea. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I do enjoy AUs, though there are some I prefer to read over others. Depending on the canon, I can be pretty picky. I will always read a 'shop AU- I really enjoy coffeeshop AUs but for the right couples, flowershop AUs are fun too, and someone recently reminded me that bookshop ones should be more of a thing, because yes, they should. College AUs can be good. Fairytales/movie/book AUs are great too. I did the Fairytale Exchange last year and I enjoyed writing a Thor/Sif Beauty and the Beast AU. Really helped me think outside the box. There are a lot of Pride and Prejudice AUs but I personally would love a reason to write a Persuasion one. I just need to decide on the ship that it would fit.
When it comes to writing (and reading), I still lean toward canon divergent AUs more than anything else. It is really appealing and fun to think about how things could have been different if one event had been tweaked- how these two characters had gotten together sooner, what if they had done x instead of y. Same with the different first meeting AUs. What if one had shown up at an earlier or later part of the other one's lives? That kind of thing.
The challenge for me when I write is for the characters to still remain recognizable to their canon counterparts. I'm currently working on a role reversal fic for Clark and Lois from Smallville, where Lois is the alien from Krypton but I had her adopted by the Lanes and Clark staying with the Kents. I wanted to keep some of their core personalities in tact rather than switching them completely, because those are the characters I fell in love with.
Going off that point, that is why I like when the superhero characters somehow get to keep their roles- Diana is still Wonder Woman, Steve Rogers (or Sam Wilson!) is still Captain America ... that kind of thing. Of course, I will read a mundane AU from time to time. I have a soft spot for Hallmark movie AUs and one of my goals is to actually write one, because a few of the shows I love (Gilmore Girls, Smallville) have that whole small town setting ready to go. It depends on my mood and the plot when it comes to reading fics. If their character seems completely different, it is usually not for me though.
In general, it is just great the way people can take established canons and put these characters into whole new worlds and come up with awesome ideas on how to make it happen. I always do admire the creativity. I may not read them all but it's nice that they're there.
In your own space, put some favorite characters into an AU, fuse some favorite canons together, talk about your favorite AU/fusion tropes, or tell us why AU/fusions aren’t your cup of tea. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I do enjoy AUs, though there are some I prefer to read over others. Depending on the canon, I can be pretty picky. I will always read a 'shop AU- I really enjoy coffeeshop AUs but for the right couples, flowershop AUs are fun too, and someone recently reminded me that bookshop ones should be more of a thing, because yes, they should. College AUs can be good. Fairytales/movie/book AUs are great too. I did the Fairytale Exchange last year and I enjoyed writing a Thor/Sif Beauty and the Beast AU. Really helped me think outside the box. There are a lot of Pride and Prejudice AUs but I personally would love a reason to write a Persuasion one. I just need to decide on the ship that it would fit.
When it comes to writing (and reading), I still lean toward canon divergent AUs more than anything else. It is really appealing and fun to think about how things could have been different if one event had been tweaked- how these two characters had gotten together sooner, what if they had done x instead of y. Same with the different first meeting AUs. What if one had shown up at an earlier or later part of the other one's lives? That kind of thing.
The challenge for me when I write is for the characters to still remain recognizable to their canon counterparts. I'm currently working on a role reversal fic for Clark and Lois from Smallville, where Lois is the alien from Krypton but I had her adopted by the Lanes and Clark staying with the Kents. I wanted to keep some of their core personalities in tact rather than switching them completely, because those are the characters I fell in love with.
Going off that point, that is why I like when the superhero characters somehow get to keep their roles- Diana is still Wonder Woman, Steve Rogers (or Sam Wilson!) is still Captain America ... that kind of thing. Of course, I will read a mundane AU from time to time. I have a soft spot for Hallmark movie AUs and one of my goals is to actually write one, because a few of the shows I love (Gilmore Girls, Smallville) have that whole small town setting ready to go. It depends on my mood and the plot when it comes to reading fics. If their character seems completely different, it is usually not for me though.
In general, it is just great the way people can take established canons and put these characters into whole new worlds and come up with awesome ideas on how to make it happen. I always do admire the creativity. I may not read them all but it's nice that they're there.
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Date: 2022-01-07 12:20 am (UTC)Well said! :)
I do find the challenge of keeping your characters IC intriguing. How much of their character is innate and how much due to your AU's different circumstances? Nature versus nurture?
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Date: 2022-01-07 04:02 am (UTC)That's a good discussion point. It certainly makes no-powers AUs especially when it comes to superhero characters all that more interesting, because you do have to rely on other aspects of their personalities to fuel their motivations and find their interests. Obviously if their whole background changes (say, Bruce grows up with his parents or Clark is raised Kryptonian), you definitely can't expect them to stay the same, as even we saw in Smallville, with Clark Luthor. Though in that case, one of my main frustrations is that i like to see some goodness in Clark, regardless of circumstances so to see him be that irredeemable was tough, but we do see what side the writers took when it comes to nature vs nurture, whether intentionally or not.