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simmonsized · 10 months

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Today I'm thinking about the fact that a lot (a LOT) of Homestuck fanfiction is written in second person and how I don't remember when that happened or who made it prevalent, though I'm sure you could do research to figure it out but I'm lazy so I'm not doing that but it just genuinely amuses me and also delights me because no other fandom I've ever been in has done that except one (1) author in rvb and that was such a specific case, and a very specific voice which gave it such cool power and intention but idk I just

I am sure it has changed the way I write in a way I can never go back from but I don't even care because it's fun and because it works so fucking well and sure you can write Homestuck fanfiction in third person, that is your god given right, but there is just something about that second person perspective that really does it for me

#there is a reason that different perspectives exist and they have different uses and that is so important to remember because like #sure i could have written rng in third person but i actively chose not to and the use is intentional #i dont understand reader/self insert/your name fanfiction but i imagine perhaps there's a bit of the same in there maybe #it's very.... visceral if that makes sense #but all this to say i will not read first person pov fanfic unless its epilogue fanfic #yes i read epilogue fanfic no i dont like the epilogues yes we exist #if you told me back at 18 that i would be writing and reading shit in second person i would tell u to fuck off and stop lying but #here we are over ten years later lol #im also thinking about this because i know part of harrow is in second person and im very excited about it #anyway yes you can write things in different perspectives but like. fics would not be the same without their chosen voice

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