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[ID: Four gifs from series “The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty” showing a dinner at the Sui household. First, Wuyun, Tang Yu, Chang’er, Pei Huai, and Xue Ling are sitting at the table as Wang Zhi walks in. Second, Dong’er appears with a chair, Tang Fan and Sui Zhou arrive too. Third, the shot is mostly a back of the armour while everyone sits down. Fourth and last, all the characters are now sitting at the table eating. End ID.]

there's a kind of characterization drift that I've seen happen a lot in fandoms that lowkey infuriates me because it ends up with fanon characterization that is a full 180 degree turn from a character's original personality but I also understand and sympathize completely with how it happens. the character in their original work has a personality based around a few key traits, for the sake of explaining let's say the character is really kind and caring, and maybe in one or two scenes they're pushed to their limit and act really mean in a way that is very unlike them. as the nature of transformative fandom is often about exploring elements that were missing/barely there in the og works, fans think "oh I really want to delve in on this character's mean side, it's an interesting nuance to them and I want to examine it," and through feedback loops you end up at a place where their prevailing fanon personality is a borderline violently aggressive asshole. again, I totally see where this comes from, and it drives me insane.