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lorillee · 2 years

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its honestly very funny to me when people talk about fictional characters like the author didnt create them. like bestie ... idk how to tell you this but there is no "true" version of the character beneath what the author has written. there is no misunderstanding of their own character. that character is the property of the author and as such, the author understands their vision of the character better than literally anybody else, and because their vision of the character is the "true" version of the character, the character that you see is the character that you get (unless the author just really sucks at communicating ideas, but that's not what we're talking about and we both know it). aka "that fictional character is not a real person and i sure hope you understand that"

#you may wish that they were written differently #or that some parts of their personality were more emphasized than others #but ......... the character is. the author's. like thats it theres no more to it #lorillee.txt #like ''oh but if this character were written by somebody else who wasnt the author they'd be different #bc authors project onto their characters so the author is biased!!'' girl what #if the character was written by somebody else no kidding theyd be different because they'd be a different character!!!!#that doesnt mean there is a ''true'' version of that character. what are you on #anyways ive been seeing a lot of idiocy regarding characters and authors ''misunderstanding'' their own characters from multiple fandoms #and i am ........................................... a little annoyed. and mostly baffled #theres something terribly childish and entitled about looking at somebody else's creation and telling the creator #''well. you dont have a single clue what you're doing. in fact *i* am the only one who understands #and i know the REAL version of your character. not the washed out misinterpreted mess that you're propping up''#like.................. i suppose my question here is. are you stupid. are you genuinely stupid.#like i know we all like to joke about ''haha i know this character better than the author and also everybody else''#but to insist thats actually really true is...... deranged. like you can just say ''well i think my interpretation of the character is #more interesting / more consistent with past characterization / more coherent / etc.''#without saying ''UMMMMM well the author just doesnt understand how complex [character] is :/ ugh i am so much smarter''#in the most entitled arrogant obnoxious way humanly possible despite your portfolio being entirely comprised of 1k word oneshot fanfictions #when the authors you are so decrying are people who have been publishing successful works for decades. lets calm down here bud #i know your english teacher in 7th grade said you were a pleasure to have in class but that doesnt make you an omnipotent god of literature #or give you basic reading comprehension considering the deranged takes you post daily with the utmost confidence #but i digress #anyways im complaining about like at least like 6 different specific people and a hundred nonspecific people who i know think this #across multiple fandoms. but that was probably relatively obvious. im terribly tired of this and i dearly wish some people would #... use their brains. on occasion. think before they post.#anyways its been too long since i made an extensive winding vaguepost with an essay in the tags #old followers may remember the days of olde in which i made. far too many of these #but in my defense the majority of loud people in those fandoms were very annoying and absolutely deserved it

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