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doggieearlover: Name 5 cliches - from canon or fandom - that you'd like to see disappear.
In no particular order:
*The villainization of Kikyo (from the anime, carried into far too many fanfics). She's not the ultimate bitch from hell whose sole purpose in life (death?) is to screw with the Inu/Kag pairing. She's probably one of the most interesting characters in the whole series because she's so complex and layered.
*The age-old "Kagome sees Inuyasha with Kikyo and runs to Sesshoumaru" scenario. YES, IT IS STILL BEING WRITTEN, IN NEW STORIES. It was stupid the first go-around, but now it's just lazy and ridiculous. We know the end of the canon manga, and that presents far more interesting challenges to getting this couple together than this tired old bag.
*Fanon!Sesshoumaru. There's nothing more telling about the level of an author's knowledge of canon, especially if you are of the Sess/Kag persuasion. If you've read more than one of the preceding stories, you know what I'm talking about. Nothing gets under my skin faster than making Sesshoumaru OOC unless there is extensive, believable, realistic explanation for it (within the fic, not the author's notes).
*Mating marks (biting). OMG I do not understand this *at all* - never have, never will. I actively seek out stories that don't use this fanon trope, coming up with a more clever - or logical - way to show a couple is officially together. I used scent-marking in Every Heart, which I thought I made clear was my "mate marking of choice", but I still got people reviewing or asking me when Inuyasha was going to bite Kagome and make her his "real" mate. *sigh* Didn't happen in that piece, and won't happen in the sequel - and guess what? I still consider them mated.
*Perverted-hentai-Miroku. Yes, he's a flirt, but he is much more than that. In a lot of ways, he keeps the Inutachi grounded and serves as their voice of reason and strategic planning. He is sold far too short in the vast majority of fics which even bother to mention him.
doggieearlover: Name 5 cliches - from canon or fandom - that you'd like to see disappear.In no particular order:
*The villainization of Kikyo (from the anime, carried into far too many fanfics). She's not the ultimate bitch from hell whose sole purpose in life (death?) is to screw with the Inu/Kag pairing. She's probably one of the most interesting characters in the whole series because she's so complex and layered.
*The age-old "Kagome sees Inuyasha with Kikyo and runs to Sesshoumaru" scenario. YES, IT IS STILL BEING WRITTEN, IN NEW STORIES. It was stupid the first go-around, but now it's just lazy and ridiculous. We know the end of the canon manga, and that presents far more interesting challenges to getting this couple together than this tired old bag.
*Fanon!Sesshoumaru. There's nothing more telling about the level of an author's knowledge of canon, especially if you are of the Sess/Kag persuasion. If you've read more than one of the preceding stories, you know what I'm talking about. Nothing gets under my skin faster than making Sesshoumaru OOC unless there is extensive, believable, realistic explanation for it (within the fic, not the author's notes).
*Mating marks (biting). OMG I do not understand this *at all* - never have, never will. I actively seek out stories that don't use this fanon trope, coming up with a more clever - or logical - way to show a couple is officially together. I used scent-marking in Every Heart, which I thought I made clear was my "mate marking of choice", but I still got people reviewing or asking me when Inuyasha was going to bite Kagome and make her his "real" mate. *sigh* Didn't happen in that piece, and won't happen in the sequel - and guess what? I still consider them mated.
*Perverted-hentai-Miroku. Yes, he's a flirt, but he is much more than that. In a lot of ways, he keeps the Inutachi grounded and serves as their voice of reason and strategic planning. He is sold far too short in the vast majority of fics which even bother to mention him.
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I sort of work under this assumption, anyway: Inu's been socialized by humans (i.e., his mom in particular) and although he might do some of the things he does which are the result of having Inu Youkai heritage, he thinks in labels of the human world. Even if Inu Youkai thought of their children as pups (which I kind of doubt), I really doubt if InuYasha would think the same way.
I think I relate a lot more to Miroku...I've known people like him and maybe share at least some of the same characteristics...so he comes easy to me...
Interesting tidbit...on the interview that RT did that's floating around, RT said Sessh ws hard for her too, cause he's always so serious...LOL. I'm not alone!
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That's what I mean...the male characters thinking in terms of the females carrying/birthing pups, much less saying it. It just seems so unnatural. I'd take kids over pups, but generally write in terms of children, child, baby, etc.
Even for full youkai like Sesshoumaru or InuPapa, I don't think they consider their offspring pups.
I think I relate a lot more to Miroku...I've known people like him and maybe share at least some of the same characteristics...so he comes easy to me...
Miroku is alien to me in some ways, which is why I'm drawn to him. Opposites attract, and all that...but it's harder for me to justify his actions and understand his behavior because his situation is so far removed from my own.
It's an interesting thought experiment, if nothing else, but as I said, I probably spend way, way too much time thinking about these characters and trying to tweak their characterizations juuuuuuuust so.
Interesting tidbit...on the interview that RT did that's floating around, RT said Sessh ws hard for her too, cause he's always so serious...LOL. I'm not alone!
Yes, I saw that LOL, but mostly put it down to the fact that she usually writes comedy and not serious, dark, angsty stuff. I've yet to see someone who can artfully blend both angst and comedy and not look like a pretentious twit, if they somehow managed to not fail miserably. It seems we're either good at one or the other, but not both :P