#they don't! sometimes i take liberties or stretch characterization or put guys in situations where i really have to guess their reactions

[irregularbillcipher]

said this before and idk if this is a hot take, but i think that if you can just replace all the names and places in your fanfic with some other generic names and publish it as a book without any other major changes, you're... probably writing something very ooc, and not really taking advantage of the medium

idk. i've had my own fair share of silly aus and jokes between friends, but i guess i, personally, don't see the appeal of writing a fanfic that doesn't actually connect to the source material's world/characters in a meaningful way. this isn't saying you're Wrong or Bad for writing stuff like this, i just don't understand the desire to connect that sort of story to established worlds and characters if you're changing everything about those worlds and characters. at that point it might be more fulfilling to just write original characters and worlds