Which do you prefer? A fic that mostly sticks to the original plot of the original work, but spends a lot of time exploring the setting and characters that the original work did not?Or a fic that does little to expand on characters or setting but great

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Anonymous 09/15/15 (Tue) 11:16:50 No.379

Which do you prefer? A fic that mostly sticks to the original plot of the original work, but spends a lot of time exploring the setting and characters that the original work did not?

Or a fic that does little to expand on characters or setting but greatly diverges from the original story?

Anonymous 09/19/15 (Sat) 18:31:34 No.380

Ultimately I like the fics that deviate as much from canon as they can while still making sense

Anonymous 10/20/15 (Tue) 11:38:11 No.389

Both fics can be a really good reading if done alright.

When it diverges from the original story, the new plot has to make sense and/or to contribute with significant changes that the original story didn't have, otherwise it totally loses its meaning.

you can do both of them at the same time tho

Anonymous 10/22/15 (Thu) 12:30:20 No.390

>>379

I've found over time that I don't really care anymore how much the plot diverges from canon so long as it's coherent and not completely asinine, but what I really read fanfiction for is the characters. Whether it's expanding on the characters, or interaction between the characters, or exploration of the characters while exposed to differing situation, I can't read a fic anymore that does nothing with the characters.

Along the same lines but with slightly less intensity is my view on using the setting, but that might just be because most of the "fandoms" I have interest in have a vast potential for setting exploration/explanation that isn't too present in the source material.

I don't really care how much the plot sticks to canon so long as the characters and setting are used well.

Anonymous 03/12/16 (Sat) 01:47:18 No.469

Depending on the fandom of course, I do enjoy fics that focuses on minor characters and lets us see things from their perspective, and follow their exploits. I rarely find the main characters of a story to be the most interesting ones to follow.

These stories work if the universe it is set in is already large enough for it to be lots of things happening, and interesting characters that aren’t given nearly enough screen-time in favour of the creator’s vision.