Okay, I think that the fanon display from Manga Akane to Anime Akane to one dimensional, berserker, nth level derivative fanfiction Akane is fairly well
covered in this thread. That and the fact the series is slap stick is one of the first things to rot away in the telephone game of fanfiction. That is why it
makes such a great example of Fanon that Trumps the Canon. I think jpub best sums up the result of the nth level derivative effects of bad fanfiction fanon
when he wrote:
As I said this thread isn't exclusively about bad fanon truming Ranma 1/2 canon. So lets look at another example, Hinata X Naruto stories in Naruto
fanfiction. I know that this with knock sum people out of the discusion for lack of knowledge, but it also ties in to what I mentioned earilier in the thread.
Specifically, about when story previews have the couples as the first thing in the preview. No, I don't have a problem with the mention itself, so much
as that it is the first thing. Whether the writer knows it or not, the first thing they put in the preview is the most important thing to them or at least
what they thought of first. All too often in my experience, it leads to fanfiction that was written around the a romance with the rest of the plot badly
thrown in as filler.
Anyway, the reason I bring up Hinata X Naruto is because its another good example of a simple fanon alteration, this one in the early stages of decay. In
Naruto they start off with one of the other male leads having hoards of fangirls after him. This is universally not return by Sasuke, who is trying to train
enough to off his Uchiacidal brother. Naruto has one of these known one sided romantic intrests with one of Sasuke's fangirls, Sakura, who is a female
lead. One of the side charicters, Hinata, also has a long term one way crush on Naruto... the only difference is she is quite and shy about it and has a bit
more tact. Also, she is basically a benign stalker, one Naruto is largely confused by.
When we get to the girl Naruto is paired off with its usually Hinata.... its sudden or talked about as if it were blantently obvious and utter canon based. In
other words the pairing is not explained and taken as normal. While I've seen good stories with this pairing, much of the time its just taken as normal
and from the middle of this ill explained ever present relationship. Yes, again, there have been good stories with the couple, however the most common
explaination is basically they are destined for each other. That Naruto basically beats the Destiny out of someone, making some bookies rich off screeen, is
ignored. Except that the person got the Destiny beaten out of them ticked off Naruto by mauling Hinata. This sounds important until you remember that it was
Neji mauling/attempting to kill/cripple for life an ally, who was also his family member, while whining about Destiny and being a psycho, emo, explitive.
Naruto would have had pretty much the same reaction to anyone in the same circmstances, it being Hinata specifically that got beat down this way isn't
important.
A mainy reason they are so often a couple is the one way crush in the series... however if that was all it took Naruto would have Sakura to himself and Sasuke
would be with half the females in his age group exclusively... including Sakura. Which is not possible... minus cloning vats or something. Still fanon says
they are a couple. In a few years Naruto will be over and I expect that it will have its ownversion of the fiancee wars in full swing... only it will have
rather loud groups of yaoi fangirls involved. Naruto is a major contender for this decades Ranma 1/2 in the world of fanfiction.
Without going into detail I'm pretty sure that by and large the yaoi fanon genre is an example of bad fannon... and romance before plot stories.
I just ignored what I said my next post would be didn't I?
covered in this thread. That and the fact the series is slap stick is one of the first things to rot away in the telephone game of fanfiction. That is why it
makes such a great example of Fanon that Trumps the Canon. I think jpub best sums up the result of the nth level derivative effects of bad fanfiction fanon
when he wrote:
Quote: Seriously, let the freaking bath misunderstanding GO, people. There were bloody 37 volumes of manga AFTER that. They moved on, why can't you?
As I said this thread isn't exclusively about bad fanon truming Ranma 1/2 canon. So lets look at another example, Hinata X Naruto stories in Naruto
fanfiction. I know that this with knock sum people out of the discusion for lack of knowledge, but it also ties in to what I mentioned earilier in the thread.
Specifically, about when story previews have the couples as the first thing in the preview. No, I don't have a problem with the mention itself, so much
as that it is the first thing. Whether the writer knows it or not, the first thing they put in the preview is the most important thing to them or at least
what they thought of first. All too often in my experience, it leads to fanfiction that was written around the a romance with the rest of the plot badly
thrown in as filler.
Anyway, the reason I bring up Hinata X Naruto is because its another good example of a simple fanon alteration, this one in the early stages of decay. In
Naruto they start off with one of the other male leads having hoards of fangirls after him. This is universally not return by Sasuke, who is trying to train
enough to off his Uchiacidal brother. Naruto has one of these known one sided romantic intrests with one of Sasuke's fangirls, Sakura, who is a female
lead. One of the side charicters, Hinata, also has a long term one way crush on Naruto... the only difference is she is quite and shy about it and has a bit
more tact. Also, she is basically a benign stalker, one Naruto is largely confused by.
When we get to the girl Naruto is paired off with its usually Hinata.... its sudden or talked about as if it were blantently obvious and utter canon based. In
other words the pairing is not explained and taken as normal. While I've seen good stories with this pairing, much of the time its just taken as normal
and from the middle of this ill explained ever present relationship. Yes, again, there have been good stories with the couple, however the most common
explaination is basically they are destined for each other. That Naruto basically beats the Destiny out of someone, making some bookies rich off screeen, is
ignored. Except that the person got the Destiny beaten out of them ticked off Naruto by mauling Hinata. This sounds important until you remember that it was
Neji mauling/attempting to kill/cripple for life an ally, who was also his family member, while whining about Destiny and being a psycho, emo, explitive.
Naruto would have had pretty much the same reaction to anyone in the same circmstances, it being Hinata specifically that got beat down this way isn't
important.
A mainy reason they are so often a couple is the one way crush in the series... however if that was all it took Naruto would have Sakura to himself and Sasuke
would be with half the females in his age group exclusively... including Sakura. Which is not possible... minus cloning vats or something. Still fanon says
they are a couple. In a few years Naruto will be over and I expect that it will have its ownversion of the fiancee wars in full swing... only it will have
rather loud groups of yaoi fangirls involved. Naruto is a major contender for this decades Ranma 1/2 in the world of fanfiction.
Without going into detail I'm pretty sure that by and large the yaoi fanon genre is an example of bad fannon... and romance before plot stories.
I just ignored what I said my next post would be didn't I?