chiaroscuroverse reblogged
the range of people’s possible relationships to canon adherence in fic is… fascinating to me. because i’ve read fics with author’s notes that actually apologize for changing plot points. like “so i changed the ending so that he lives… sorry! hope that’s cool!” and meanwhile there’s me, digging in the canon bin like a deranged possum, tearing bits off with my teeth and spitting out the scrap, going “canon? canon? never heard of her. this is gonna be another weird quasi-au. they’re teleporting bicycle salesmen now.” practically eveything i write is an au somehow; i think it’s just how i’m wired. but everybody really is different, and maybe that’s what makes the world go round. how nice.