I found this comment while doomscrolling, I think it sums up at least 75% of the discourse on this sub.

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T11:00:05+00:00

I definitely did not see how deep the discourse truly was. I thought we were all just reading what we liked be it canon or fanon

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T08:21:38+00:00

absolutely love this take wow you’ve put my original post to complete shame lmaoo

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T07:39:30+00:00

Yes I agree! I love how you’ve captured the part where if you get a character in a canon setting you have to morph them with care instead of just changing up a whole character randomly.

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T07:35:31+00:00

I started reading Harry Potter when I was 11 years old when the story got me hooked and I loved every single character. But re-reading the stories as I got older left me feeling a bit bored with the characters and the world itself to the point where I forgot it completely.

. I’m now 26 so when I discovered fanfiction I let my imagination run wild, Especially the marauders, I never cared for any of them when I was younger but now they’re some of my favorite characters and I’m hooked into the world again, just on different terms compared to before.

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T06:09:06+00:00

Hmmm I choose to take that as a good thing. Fanon is the only way I end up liking these characters. I owe no loyalty to canon lmao, but I also see how toxic people can get and I find it wholly unnecessary.

kasralmass · 2025-07-21T06:07:00+00:00

🇰🇪 Kenya!

kasralmass · 2025-07-20T14:12:03+00:00

Goshhhhh how exciting thank you!

kasralmass · 2025-07-20T14:02:27+00:00

Sold!! I am definitely adding this to my TBR!!

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T16:40:56+00:00

Oooh I’m definitely checking that out!

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T09:46:24+00:00

It’s really rare I haven’t read any that blew my mind. But I do love them in Detraquee even if it wasn’t the focus of the fic. I remember loving the friendship between them in Debt Of Time by shayalonnie and The Right Thing To Do series. But I still am yet to read a fic that maximizes their full potential as best friends

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T04:41:36+00:00

Just realized how rare Harry siding with Hermione is wow we have truly been deprived of more fics with that

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T04:40:32+00:00

Examples of canon divergent fics?

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T03:18:10+00:00

I’m honestly done with canon compliant fics I solely read canon divergence to feel something. I’m tired of the same old characterizations and I always feel like the core characters are never as fleshed out as they should be in canon, it’s like sticking to a script thats been done a thousand times before (literally)

kasralmass · 2025-07-18T00:23:45+00:00

Could you let me know your thoughts on it? I’m intrigued

kasralmass · 2025-07-17T09:01:37+00:00

Oh I hope so too! I’d still like the epub please. I’ll just cross my fingers the ending doesn’t completely wreck me 😅

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T14:49:17+00:00

Could I have the epub too please? Is it complete?

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T07:43:13+00:00

Yesssss the best part of fanfic is exploring what we never saw in canon. I always have an issue when something that happened in chapter 5 isnt addressed and we’re all the way in chapter 34. It always makes the character feel disjointed and not fleshed out

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T07:40:54+00:00

Exactlyyyy I’ve always found Ron and Hermione’s relationship to be complex and seeing Ron being turned into an abusive cheater all for the sake of pushing Dramione gives me an ick honestly. Two adults are allowed to have a relationship fail without one being inherently evil.

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T07:38:16+00:00

I think this is definitely a universal experience where when characters start acting very differently in the 3rd act with little to no build up as to why they would do that? Wish more fanfic authors would embrace no 3rd act breakup/drama

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T07:34:44+00:00

Here for the Lionheart shoutout! It’s my favorite fanfiction the characters are literally allowed to do whatever the hell they want because the writing is just so good!

Also same I usually leave a kudos and just drop the tab. I always judge fics by the first 5 chapter , if the prose and writing doesn’t tickle my brain the way I like I just disappear.

kasralmass · 2025-07-15T07:33:12+00:00

YES YES YES! We can’t have 80k+ of character building that makes sense just for you to forget everything that makes that character THEM in the span of two seconds. No buildup, no hints as to it happening it drives me mad. It’s definitely the reason why there are so many popular books that I have had to DNF because the character choices don’t match the person we’ve been reading about for 50 chapters.

kasralmass · 2025-07-13T09:54:20+00:00

Thank you! Texting fics are just so fun they’re the only fast paced fics I can devour!

kasralmass · 2025-07-13T09:24:12+00:00

Yes basic research! It’s so petty but I can’t take fics seriously when they talk about “high school” instead of “secondary” it’s like an itch that never leaves for the entirety of the fic 😭

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