Pokeprof
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- Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:17:28 +0000
Princess Dustbunny
Okay, trying not to be one of Those Fans, because this isn't serious business. But who are you exactly to tell other people why they ship what they ship, and why is what you ship more legitimate? It's all fanon anyway. Zuko and Katara's relationship in canon didn't leave an impression on you, cool. Deciding that their relationship in canon therefore couldn't have left an impression on anybody, not so cool. Are people who don't ship Kim/Shego and Robin/Raven also wrong, for not seeing their relationships the way you do? What about people who do ship them, but for different reasons than you?
You're absolutely correct that canon is canon and fanon shippers who cry foul when their ships aren't vindicated by canon/claim their ships are TRUE CANON/look down on canon shippers for bowing to The Man are in the wrong. But ranking your own fanon above other people's fanon because reasons is no more right.
You're absolutely correct that canon is canon and fanon shippers who cry foul when their ships aren't vindicated by canon/claim their ships are TRUE CANON/look down on canon shippers for bowing to The Man are in the wrong. But ranking your own fanon above other people's fanon because reasons is no more right.
First off, before anything else is said, I gotta say this. You are free to write what you want, to post what you want. You could pair together Iroh with Bumi for all I care, just enjoy what you're doing and have fun with it. I'm not trying to say any one pairing is bad, but that by my own personal view point of fanfics, some simply do not work.
For me, things are different. For me, when I see 'Fanfic' I see 'I'm trying to write a story in which the characters, settings, and/or worlds presented in a way that the original characters could possibly act.' This puts the likelihood, again, FOR ME, of such a pairing down quite low. The reason I place my own fanon ships higher is because they're, in the end, more believable and the point of a Fanfic by my definition is to give us a believable story within the confines of that universe.
Alternate Universe stories can be done, and are enjoyable when done well, but the difference between these and normal fanfics, for me, is that label. Here, you're telling me that things aren't going to follow the universe I know to the letter. Hell, depending on the author and what the idea behind the story is, there's no telling WHAT can happen in a story.. If it's a Fanfic, it's should at least try to follow canon. If it's an AU Fanfic, you could have Aang fire eye lazor beams if you really wanted to. The end point is, for me, a label. Give me that label and understand that you're writing under that label, and I'll have no complaints.