This was a really interesting read, even though I'm not a slash fan, but the similarity in dynamics is something key you point out (also, that dig at Willow being preferred over better characters - totally true, though it never occurred to me.
I don't think I'm as strict about only liking canon characters in fic, and there are a few characters where I really only like them in fanon (Sookie Stackhouse comes to mind. In canon I want to smack her upside the head for being a moron, but in fanon I find she's a lot more self-aware and able to think clearly - but I still mourn for the fact that she'll never be Buffy).
Every fandom has them, and over and over again, these characters are taken by fanfic writers, gutted of their canon personality and turned into perfect paragons who cant do no wrong, are ignored or sidelines by their canon friends, get into a relationship with the hottest/coolest/most interesting character in the fandom and then show off as being so much better than the canon protagonist.
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Date: 2013-11-07 09:00 pm (UTC)I don't think I'm as strict about only liking canon characters in fic, and there are a few characters where I really only like them in fanon (Sookie Stackhouse comes to mind. In canon I want to smack her upside the head for being a moron, but in fanon I find she's a lot more self-aware and able to think clearly - but I still mourn for the fact that she'll never be Buffy).
Every fandom has them, and over and over again, these characters are taken by fanfic writers, gutted of their canon personality and turned into perfect paragons who cant do no wrong, are ignored or sidelines by their canon friends, get into a relationship with the hottest/coolest/most interesting character in the fandom and then show off as being so much better than the canon protagonist.
Yeah, this.