Instead of character bashing...
Aug. 6th, 2008 12:00 pmWrite them an angry, ranting letter!
Consider this a public service announcement. No one I know (or at least, no one I respect) wants to read a fic in which one character is unfairly portrayed because of the author's personal dislike of and bias against said character. No one wants to read a fic in which that character is badly mistreated by the other characters (who, canonically, tend to be friends, family, and/or lovers... y'know, people who generally don't hate you) because all the other characters are acting as proxies for the author who just wants to express his or her hate.
So, stop doing it. If you have that many issues that you feel compelled to bash characters, I recommend the![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dear_character comm. You can rant, vent, chastise, whatever you want, and post it in a place where people go specifically to read angry rants about characters.
Have fun!
Consider this a public service announcement. No one I know (or at least, no one I respect) wants to read a fic in which one character is unfairly portrayed because of the author's personal dislike of and bias against said character. No one wants to read a fic in which that character is badly mistreated by the other characters (who, canonically, tend to be friends, family, and/or lovers... y'know, people who generally don't hate you) because all the other characters are acting as proxies for the author who just wants to express his or her hate.
So, stop doing it. If you have that many issues that you feel compelled to bash characters, I recommend the
dear_character comm. You can rant, vent, chastise, whatever you want, and post it in a place where people go specifically to read angry rants about characters.Have fun!
