I think some people are just better at writing fanfic for this reason; they somehow stumble on the magic formula that = perfect. Some fics which other fans swear are PERFECTLY in character really make me flinch.
Also, there's the existence of fanon to consider - people can use this shared conscious of information to build further on. For example, if we were to look at Gundam Wing fanon, we see the "shadow" which is cast is almost larger than the actual canon. It's the assumptions of the fan that can be built upon - where a person who has only seen the actual series will flinch at the OOC of most of the characters in fanfic, a fanon fan will be looking for those distortions.
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Date: 19 Nov 2009 11:31 pm (UTC)Also, there's the existence of fanon to consider - people can use this shared conscious of information to build further on. For example, if we were to look at Gundam Wing fanon, we see the "shadow" which is cast is almost larger than the actual canon. It's the assumptions of the fan that can be built upon - where a person who has only seen the actual series will flinch at the OOC of most of the characters in fanfic, a fanon fan will be looking for those distortions.