Agree heavily on the romance thing. Two of my current fandoms just got on the romance train and it was pretty disappointing. 😅

It’s even more frustrating when the producers are obviously using the existing IP for their fanbase and reputation.

I’m having the same issues too. I’ve even had the scenario of writing a long comment on a thread and getting error-ed away once I hit “Add comment”. I don’t know why it happened, but it certainly made me stop using kbin for the rest of the day. 😅

It hasn’t fully discouraged me though. I remind myself that it’s early days so it’s going to have a bunch of hiccups along the way.

I admit, I had to google some of the characters to refresh my memory of them (I think I’ve only seen 1 or 2 episodes of YGO 😅 I bought some of the cards as a kid but that was because they were so shiny and pretty :D). It’s a shame they felt they had to add more romantic subplot to make it more “interesting” --I always find it shallow when adaptations do that and it usually comes at the cost of character relationships.

I suppose that’s part of the struggle of anime adaptations. The business seems so finicky. It’s tough for developers to figure out which arcs to include when they don’t have the guarantee of another season. So they end up cutting filler content, but then some plot points don’t make sense without it, and so they include filler–but now there’s less episodes for plot. Then the characters suffer, because some arcs take a while to develop, but they still have to justify an animator drawing them in, so they get shoddy characterization instead. I imagine it’s far easier to have characters return to status quo, like a sitcom. So they end up learning the same lessons all over again.

Thanks for the write-up! It was interesting to read. Good luck on your project! :D

Honestly, same. I don’t even know all the options yet, wanted to keep the suspense.

Prince of Persia trilogy could work. It’s more linear than assassin’s creed so it could offer a change of pace.

I think it makes sense. It’s like acting, you embody the character as you write them and they become a familiar yet separate identity from your own.

Painful originals are such great sources for better fanworks though :D

I remember when Mass Effect 3’s ending came out and all the fan content it inspired due to spite and disappointment: a collective fandom developing their own band-aid solutions to a sub-par ending. It was great! XD

I would actually be interested in those paragraphs if you still have them :D It always fascinates me how much different certain stories are once translated and how sometimes you can’t get a full sense of the story because of cultural nuances.

I only watch foreign movies or anime with subtitles now, but growing up, I actually started with dubbed over anime in my native language, Filipino. I am absolutely certain a lot of nuance was lost in the effort of translation, but at the same time, I can’t watch the anime I grew up with, subtitled XD

Is there a medium you don’t really touch even if you’re on a binge? Like for me, it would be books. Or are you an equal-opportunity fanfiction consumer?

Writing based on thirst ahahaha that’s great! XD I think my first ever fanfiction was because I had such a crush on both Jaffar and Matthew from Fire Emblem 7 :D

Well, that’s a shame. I assume the English version was the dubbed version and not the subtitled one? Usually, subtitles allow the original meaning to come across better because the translation isn’t constrained by synchronization to the mouth flaps.

If it’s both, then that’s pretty dang lame.

I am kinda curious about those four paragraphs of yours XD but admittedly, I have a very shallow familiarity with Yu-Gi-Oh. 😅

I think you hit the nail on the head for me. 🤔 My brain doesn’t come up with fanfiction for books/manga because they feel “complete” and/or “free” in a way that imagination and - as you said - daydreaming, come naturally. So my urge to expand/explore the world and characters are satisfied.

I think fan-editing is a lot more like solving a puzzle 😅 maybe that’s also how they approach it?

Wait, Yu-Gi-Oh’s characters change depending on the language? Is it a big difference in characterization or more subtler shifts due to differences in language?

No shame in that. XD I myself, tend to have obsessive periods towards one or two characters 😅

Any theories as to why TV & film get your brain fired up for fanfiction?

Don’t worry, it makes sense. :D

Seems like there’s an exploratory element to your tastes, that’s pretty neat! Like a… “If this _____, then…?”

I mean, AI can be used to design a lot of robust yet efficient structures. In engineering and architecture, with enough data, AI can generate designs for buildings, and parts that are not only sturdy but can be built with less resources along with other design considerations. There’s a really cool nasa video where competitors are trying to 3D print structures for habitation in space.

AI is also used in medicine to come up with new protein structures to create new medicine. It’s also used in environmental sciences, to help predict earthquakes or monitor land use, etc.

There’s a lot of practical uses for AI.

If I remember correctly, “have got to” is more informal than “have to”. So yeah, it’s cleaner/more grammatical.

I think most people use the “got” as a extra word to emphasize urgency in day to day conversation. So in that way, it’s useful?

Ohh, so does that mean you’re not into Alternate Universes for Persona and Marvel fanfiction, but would consider it for HP and Naruto? Or do you still prefer the exploration of the world to be in canon for the latter two?

For music I tend to use Spotify’s similar artists feature or have the Youtube rabbit hole take me somewhere new. Sometimes I’ll even find new music from other media; like if I’m reading a fanfic and the author posts the song they were listening to when they wrote it, sometimes I check those out.

For books, it’s usually word of mouth, and for a games, a mix of that as well as reviews from people and a perusal through Steam Sales. I’m not too big on movies though, I just let my loved ones drag me into what they want to watch and they tend to have good taste. For TV shows, I let spontaneous mood choose for me.

I think it’s a matter of content type. We have a lot of links to interesting articles or pictures of memes with no additional input from the poster. Those make me less inclined to comment. I just tend to upvote/boost and move on.

I think for more discussion/opinions, people need a spring board to jump off of.