Ha, I'll see your Friedrich and raise you a Federico when it comes to historical Magnificent Bastards. Mine is the Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Stupor mundi, Renaissance type in the middle ages and definitely one impressive bastard. No, but seriously, I'm fond of my share, both fictional and real, as long as they are safely separated from me by either fiction or time.
(Icon displaying my favourite fictional MB in all tv world, Arvin Sloane in Alias)
But at nearly 50 years of age, I've seen a lot of fandoms. Hence my observation about the prospect of loyalty switching among a sizable amount once it's clear where Fritz is headed. Not least because imo, a lot of fans are conservative in that they're stuck on initial impressions. It's also why fanfiction sometimes feels weirdly AU without intending to be so if it's based on first season characterisation while show and characters have moved on in a completely different direction. (Of course, if one is lucky, there are also new fans who came on board later, write with the later season characterisations and are a bit bewildered why character X still bursts into tears at the drop of a hat in other people's stories when they know X mostly as the guy reducing Y and Z to jelly. :)
ETA: sorry for all the edits, I haven't been able to figure out how to disable the autocorrect on this computer yet, and it keeps capitalizing words!
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Re: Our Insane Family: The Next Generation
Date: 2019-08-22 04:49 pm (UTC)(Icon displaying my favourite fictional MB in all tv world, Arvin Sloane in Alias)
But at nearly 50 years of age, I've seen a lot of fandoms. Hence my observation about the prospect of loyalty switching among a sizable amount once it's clear where Fritz is headed. Not least because imo, a lot of fans are conservative in that they're stuck on initial impressions. It's also why fanfiction sometimes feels weirdly AU without intending to be so if it's based on first season characterisation while show and characters have moved on in a completely different direction. (Of course, if one is lucky, there are also new fans who came on board later, write with the later season characterisations and are a bit bewildered why character X still bursts into tears at the drop of a hat in other people's stories when they know X mostly as the guy reducing Y and Z to jelly. :)
ETA: sorry for all the edits, I haven't been able to figure out how to disable the autocorrect on this computer yet, and it keeps capitalizing words!