This ends up being why I have trouble with some fics - because a LOT of what people are talking about is on the writers NOT the characters. I can't blame Peter for much of his comments about sending Neal back to prison because it's the writers who don't realize the implications.
If X happened because the writers thought it would be good or work for the characters, but it's really offensive or troubling - is it really right to bash the characters for it? Again I get that the point of fan fic is using the characters to work out what happened in canon but I think there are just some things people need to accept as being unrealistic and totally the fault of the writers, and to not take it out on the characters.
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Date: 2010-03-20 04:57 pm (UTC)If X happened because the writers thought it would be good or work for the characters, but it's really offensive or troubling - is it really right to bash the characters for it? Again I get that the point of fan fic is using the characters to work out what happened in canon but I think there are just some things people need to accept as being unrealistic and totally the fault of the writers, and to not take it out on the characters.