maybe it is, maybe it isn't. i'm sure that most idols have parts of idolhood that they enjoy, but i also think that they find a lot of it shitty. either way i'm just happy that you're optimistic abt it and i sort of wish i could be more optimistic as well, lets leave it at that lol
i've seen a lot of people say that they don't see the point in fic if you don't care about characterisation, and frankly i can totally see where you're coming from with it but just because you don't see a point doesn't mean others don't? to me there are great points about writing fic. maybe i "should" write origfic instead but i'm not comfortable with that; fic gives me an arena to practice writing in, with an audience and people to give me crit, and characters (even if just a name and a face (and some basic personality features)) that i feel attached to (and also the readers have an emotional connection to. you could see it as cheating or as training wheels idk lol) and feel comfortable and enjoy writing about. i would much rather read an interesting fic with "questionable" characterisation than a boring fic with "perfect" characterisation. how is that even achieved? the notion that there is "good" or "bad" characterisation sounds to me pretty elitist and implies that "my way is the only and correct way of seeing these ppl". i'm sorry i'm rambling too but i feel like i've had people pushing these opinions into my (and ig others) face(s) to the point where i feel that this is such an ugly opinion that it shouldn't even be spoken of and idk i've been carrying around some pent up stuff ig. then again by the end of the day it's my own fault for caring so much abt what others say, when i could just do my own thing.
re: fanon characterisation. while i sort of dislike dumb slutty kai and all the other stereotypes and can get rly tired of them, i... can't just say that these people are "wrong" in any way. maybe that's honestly how they percieve their idols and it feels so conceited to say that my view is better just bec i've "studied them deeper" or whatever. ia that "we don't know them" can be used as a cop-out but i still think it's a fundamental thing is this discussion. for instance, say i think that oppar A is putting up much of a facade and that he's very different behind the scenes. i have no evidence to prove this, other than a vague feeling of mine. but a person disagreeing with me, saying that oppar A is just the way he appears to be... doesn't have any proof either, right? i'm not sure where i'm going with this nor if i'm making sense but basically my view is that whatever opinions we have abt an oppar's personality is bottom line a headcanon, and we can't claim it to be much more than that. and everybody can have different headcanons and look at different parts of a persons personality and also focus on different parts - heck, i even do this myself. i have like 5 different headcanons for every oppar, like he could be like this or could be like this, and in this specific situation he could be like this. and the real-life oppar is prob a mix of all these versions, or maybe nothing like it, but i enjoy being able to pick him apart a little and focus on different things at different occasions, at different situations. maybe i let him lean in a direction that suits the tone and atmosphere of my story. by the end of the day you just have to find authors with the same headcanon as yourself who portrays the oppars in ways you think is accurate or enjoy. or are you saying the headcanon concept isn't like this? srs question.
re: aus, ita that a character brought up as a girl should act like a girl etc. but isn't this what i'm talking abt, the universe affects the character? and you can still try to keep the most fundamental parts of the personality, just see how they would have been shaped by what the person has been through. like a cheerful person in a universe where they have gone through lots of shit might not always be so cheerful. or they could be, but they don't have to be. etc etc. i just... sometimes feel forced to spend a lot of time with getting characterisation "right" when there's other things i wish to focus on and whether someone is in or out of character depends on who you're asking anyway lol. idk ofc it's a lot about different strokes and maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree abt this.
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i've seen a lot of people say that they don't see the point in fic if you don't care about characterisation, and frankly i can totally see where you're coming from with it but just because you don't see a point doesn't mean others don't? to me there are great points about writing fic. maybe i "should" write origfic instead but i'm not comfortable with that; fic gives me an arena to practice writing in, with an audience and people to give me crit, and characters (even if just a name and a face (and some basic personality features)) that i feel attached to (and also the readers have an emotional connection to. you could see it as cheating or as training wheels idk lol) and feel comfortable and enjoy writing about. i would much rather read an interesting fic with "questionable" characterisation than a boring fic with "perfect" characterisation. how is that even achieved? the notion that there is "good" or "bad" characterisation sounds to me pretty elitist and implies that "my way is the only and correct way of seeing these ppl". i'm sorry i'm rambling too but i feel like i've had people pushing these opinions into my (and ig others) face(s) to the point where i feel that this is such an ugly opinion that it shouldn't even be spoken of and idk i've been carrying around some pent up stuff ig. then again by the end of the day it's my own fault for caring so much abt what others say, when i could just do my own thing.
re: fanon characterisation. while i sort of dislike dumb slutty kai and all the other stereotypes and can get rly tired of them, i... can't just say that these people are "wrong" in any way. maybe that's honestly how they percieve their idols and it feels so conceited to say that my view is better just bec i've "studied them deeper" or whatever. ia that "we don't know them" can be used as a cop-out but i still think it's a fundamental thing is this discussion. for instance, say i think that oppar A is putting up much of a facade and that he's very different behind the scenes. i have no evidence to prove this, other than a vague feeling of mine. but a person disagreeing with me, saying that oppar A is just the way he appears to be... doesn't have any proof either, right? i'm not sure where i'm going with this nor if i'm making sense but basically my view is that whatever opinions we have abt an oppar's personality is bottom line a headcanon, and we can't claim it to be much more than that. and everybody can have different headcanons and look at different parts of a persons personality and also focus on different parts - heck, i even do this myself. i have like 5 different headcanons for every oppar, like he could be like this or could be like this, and in this specific situation he could be like this. and the real-life oppar is prob a mix of all these versions, or maybe nothing like it, but i enjoy being able to pick him apart a little and focus on different things at different occasions, at different situations. maybe i let him lean in a direction that suits the tone and atmosphere of my story. by the end of the day you just have to find authors with the same headcanon as yourself who portrays the oppars in ways you think is accurate or enjoy. or are you saying the headcanon concept isn't like this? srs question.
re: aus, ita that a character brought up as a girl should act like a girl etc. but isn't this what i'm talking abt, the universe affects the character? and you can still try to keep the most fundamental parts of the personality, just see how they would have been shaped by what the person has been through. like a cheerful person in a universe where they have gone through lots of shit might not always be so cheerful. or they could be, but they don't have to be. etc etc. i just... sometimes feel forced to spend a lot of time with getting characterisation "right" when there's other things i wish to focus on and whether someone is in or out of character depends on who you're asking anyway lol. idk ofc it's a lot about different strokes and maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree abt this.