i've often seen characters get mischaracterized or oversimplified by fandoms, at least for popular media. pick an oc (original character) and think "what if there was a fandom for them?" how would a hypothetical fandom change your oc or oversimplify them?
as basic as it sounds, i feel like the moral grey-ness of my characters would be lost on a fandom. i've noticed a lot of fandom spaces describing characters' actions in a very black-or-white manner, often erasing the moral grey-ness that makes their stories interesting. therefore, my characters would probably be seen as the "good one" or the "bad one" without much consideration for what goes in between.





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