Actually you were free to write acafen-style meta within the 300-word-limit, if you wanted, but thanks for dumbing it down for me ;o)
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i. The main characters are often neither particularly interesting nor particularly nuanced, and their personalities and life don’t make it easy for the people in fandom to relate to them. I'd like to respectfully, but vehemently disagree with you there. In general, main characters are the more nuanced and readers/viewers can relate to them - that's why they are main characters, and the story worth telling to begin with.
I came at this from a different angle when I first saw the prompt (wait, was I assigned this, too? Hey, I totally am. Oh, here's me sounding out my thoughts as I go along, then), namely: How many canon losers turned fanon heroes can I think of? And I haven't thought enough, because I can't come up with that many. Snape is one, but I do think from the first book he was set up as could have gone in a different direction. I truly honestly believe JKR saw how fans responded to him, and gave him a worse fate than initially intended. I don't mean his death, but the way it turned out he apparently had no good feelings, and Dumbledore didn't give a rat's ass about him.
I'll have to think of other, good examples.
ii. I wonder how many sex-god!Draco fics I have on my recs list? I know I immediately thought of uh, one of those glitter/disco fics (gah, what's it called? Apparently it didn't make my website recs list), when seeing the prompt. I guess it depends on the interpretation, but I think my recs list feature a lot of fics where Draco is great in bed - *checks* - like Left My Heart, Sodomite, A Thousand Beautiful Things, or Transfigurations. Dude, I'm down with this trope :o)
iii. But it’s also important to realise that not every expression of fannish unhappiness is fannish entitlement. There’s a difference between wishing things were different and demanding things to be different. Definitely, well put!
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How do you feel about me posting a link to your post in my journal? I'm happy to add that you don't want it pimped elsewhere, and I of course respect a no to linking altogether.
i.
I'd like to respectfully, but vehemently disagree with you there. In general, main characters are the more nuanced and readers/viewers can relate to them - that's why they are main characters, and the story worth telling to begin with.
I came at this from a different angle when I first saw the prompt (wait, was I assigned this, too? Hey, I totally am. Oh, here's me sounding out my thoughts as I go along, then), namely: How many canon losers turned fanon heroes can I think of? And I haven't thought enough, because I can't come up with that many. Snape is one, but I do think from the first book he was set up as could have gone in a different direction. I truly honestly believe JKR saw how fans responded to him, and gave him a worse fate than initially intended. I don't mean his death, but the way it turned out he apparently had no good feelings, and Dumbledore didn't give a rat's ass about him.
I'll have to think of other, good examples.
ii. I wonder how many sex-god!Draco fics I have on my recs list? I know I immediately thought of uh, one of those glitter/disco fics (gah, what's it called? Apparently it didn't make my website recs list), when seeing the prompt. I guess it depends on the interpretation, but I think my recs list feature a lot of fics where Draco is great in bed - *checks* - like Left My Heart, Sodomite, A Thousand Beautiful Things, or Transfigurations. Dude, I'm down with this trope :o)
iii.
Definitely, well put!