George Mori asked:

       I was reading some of the C & C for my fanfic (*PLUG* Facades, read
it if you haven't *PLUG*) and noticed that much of it said that Nabiki, the
main character was out of character in what she did (lewd pics of Akane.)
But isn't writing some types of fanfics SUPPOSED to be out of character a
bit? I mean trying to see how certain situations would play out? I think,
that my situation wasn't too out of character, though it was a bit. But to
get tot the point, (as I tend to ramble.) how far IS too far out of
character. I know there is a line, but where do you think it is?

If a story is set in the characters' original universe, I expect them to be
as much in character as the writer can make them.  If they aren't in
character, I expect the writer to provide the reader with some reason for
this somewhere in the story or in the writer's notes (maybe the story takes
place before the source material, maybe the story takes place several years
down the road, maybe the story is in an alternate universe and the
character's life has been different from what we know it).  So if the writer
can provide a reasonable explanation, I don't think there's such a thing as
too out of character.

(People familiar with my comments on BGC stories may remember that I usually
want to know when the story takes place (what year, what episodes, did
such-and-such happen in this timeline?).  That's why - I'm just trying to
nail down reasons for any perceived "out of character-ness" by the KS)


Jeanne Hedge
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