ig my perception of the idol business is a lot of doom and gloom. there must be parts of idolhood that is good as well, otherwise ig ppl wouldn't pursue it, like having fans who love and idolize you. but still when people write positive details into a canon verse i always kneejerk think that it's not like that, that they're too gullible. another aspect is that i think that idolhood and fame is, in general/many areas, glorified and thus i think it's good to show that it's not all fun and glamour, probably not much fun and glamour at all. then again that's my perception of it and i haven't been an idol so idk but if you just listen to what they're saying and see what's going on around them... ugh. tho i'm not saying that you can't or shouldn't write a light-hearted/positive (while still fairly realistic/accurate) canon fic, i'm sure that could be rly enjoyable.
this feels so much like an unpopular opinion that i almost feel ashamed and almost don't dare to say it even here, but: i don't rly care for characterisation. good characterisation can be great but i think there's lots of other things that can also be of value and also characterisation is so subjective and the view of somebody can differ so much from person to person. and there's so many sides to a person that you can bring out and choose to focus on. i'm so careful with saying that ppl aren't putting enough effort into their characterisation bec by the end of the day none of us know these people and well all have different headcanons. also growing up in a different universe could shape who they are so i'm not so strict about that. tho i def think you should still try to keep some kind of recognizability even in an au. i just feel that i so often come across ppl who are all "WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHARACTERISATION" and i'm just like.. idrgaf. if you enjoy writing what you're writing and you write a good story that i enjoy reading then it's cool. as long as you're not making all characters bland and similar, but i think that's sort of a different deal.
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this feels so much like an unpopular opinion that i almost feel ashamed and almost don't dare to say it even here, but: i don't rly care for characterisation. good characterisation can be great but i think there's lots of other things that can also be of value and also characterisation is so subjective and the view of somebody can differ so much from person to person. and there's so many sides to a person that you can bring out and choose to focus on. i'm so careful with saying that ppl aren't putting enough effort into their characterisation bec by the end of the day none of us know these people and well all have different headcanons. also growing up in a different universe could shape who they are so i'm not so strict about that. tho i def think you should still try to keep some kind of recognizability even in an au. i just feel that i so often come across ppl who are all "WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHARACTERISATION" and i'm just like.. idrgaf. if you enjoy writing what you're writing and you write a good story that i enjoy reading then it's cool. as long as you're not making all characters bland and similar, but i think that's sort of a different deal.