#pluto-suedits

I’m not sure what has you guys so on edge about writing fanfiction. Is there a fanfiction police force I don’t know about lurking around the corner? Is the fanfic KGB dragging writers out of their homes in the middle of the night for not adhering to the unwritten fanfic code of ‘Thou Must Not Change Too Many Details About A Character In An AU’? 

 Like, trust me, I KNOW about fanfic history and the Anne Rice thing and the Great Purge of Livejournal and etc. I’ve been there, lived through that. But some of these current worries are a little bit out of left field. 

Who is out there telling you guys you CAN’T do these things? 

(Who am I inviting to the back of the Denny’s parking lot to exchange gentle fists with?) 

OF COURSE you can change stuff about a character. 

The whole point of fanfiction - any type, AU or not - is that YOU are writing it. (It should be called an A YOU! ahahahaaha ok I’m done.) 

It’s taking the story and giving it new life. It’s a long forgotten oral tradition of transforming works through the mouths of different authors. You take a tapestry and re-do it. You unwind the cords you want and knit them into something new, something that is unique to yOU. 

Look, this is the ONLY thing you need when writing an AU:

Take this sign! Use it wisely. And often.

Q: But what if people won’t like my AU?

So what? Who are you, the court jester? Do you live to entertain? Are you gonna be beheaded for not giving your audience precisely what they want? 

I didn’t think so.

People have a right to not enjoy your story. Guess what - many people won’t! Many of them will turn away and never visit again. And what of it? That’s what happens with ANY story. That’s not a function of it being an AU, that’s a function of human beings having preferences and prejudices and opinions. They are entitled to those opinions - we NEED people to be critical of work on the whole in order to make BETTER stories, eventually.

But that’s not something that has to stop you. Just do your thing. That’s your only objective. :) Tell YOUR story.

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Necessary disclaimer: 

I’ve always had a hard time with keeping up with projects. I hope that I can keep this one going with all the support I’ve been given- both by the fans and my other mod. 

these are for different swap AUs

you know what?? me too

Not a leak. Official promo images. Look through the other posts on my blog, I posted a link to the source in one of ‘em.

oh thank you, i dont know how much of these are actual headcanon thoughts on it i just think if you ever have an issue with how something is written or done, you dont just complain about that. you work with it to give something to help actually fix the perceived problem you have with it 

like yeah shy rose was made by the writers for a one use purpose but when they dont usually do that, it really stands out and kind of feels lackluster 

i know they just want to put it to a funny coincidence but it just kind of doesnt feel right when the subject is of a character whos that very important to so many people and have baggage to

a funny coincidence of a doppleganger is like, what a lot of older very campy shows had these evil twin dopplegangers that werent even like related to the character a good chunk of the time or even if, just a totally random stranger doppleganger for like some funny chance gets mistaken as the friend and we spend a whole episode with them and the rug gets pulled out underneath us like, ‘yeah i felt too awkward to correct you guys, you seemed so nice, and we were already in the car…’ etc etc in the last few minutes or something and then a spiderman meme moment happens at the end of the episode or just the doppleganger and the original just missing eachother by mere moments of walking in and out of different rooms. 

Aw, it’s alright. Honestly, I grew up in a pretty hellish environment, so anon hate doesn’t bother me much. If someone says something truly awful, or if they don’t have anything worth arguing, I just delete their comment and move on. I only respond to stuff that I feel I can emotionally handle.

But thank you very much! This is very sweet of you!