Okay I'm gonna use these notes to talk about my characterizations for a bit.
But that's in a minute.
First off, Interlude 6 is up. This is the direct follow up of Interlude 4. Chronologically, this takes place before Interlude 5 but I wanted to break 4 & 6 up a bit. If you were wondering why the Hokage was so...abrupt in last chapter, this is why.
Originally, I was gonna hold off fully clearing up Naruto and Minato's (4th Hokage) relationship until the chapter after 'Snakes', but it just didn't make sense to do that once I sat down to write this. Hopefully the original 'reveal' scene will just be funny now since you know exactly who Naruto's father is - namely that it's the same as canon.
So now onto characterizations!
I tend mention trying to keep characters 'in character' with canon, but I'll be completely honest, if I want a character to be different, they're gonna be different.
I don't label my fanfiction's as 'AU' but I treat them that way just by default. I'm not writing 'speculative' fanfiction here. I'm writing for fun and I'm playing with another person's long developed characters. I let Kishimoto handle the canon stuff. I let my fanfiction handle the 'I'm bored and wanna write weird shit' stuff.
Most of the time when I come up with a story, at least some part of canon is completely dumped so that I can run with a plot bunny. That changes characters by essentially removing a whole chunk of experiences and I try to take that into consideration.
Clearly this story's Kakashi is an example of this. He's possibly insane - though that's up to debate and he's not gonna clear it up any time soon.
Another example: Sarutobi.
I tend to be really, really mean to Sarutobi when I write fanfiction. I like his character in canon. But to mess with these characters, someone in power takes the fall. Sarutobi is an easy target. He'll probably never be a full on villain, but sometimes he is surprisingly pragmatic. And sometimes he is senile. He does care for the characters as he says he does, but he also has a village to run. Sacrifices get made.
I think that's all that needs to be said.
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Honestly I think your characterization is pretty good. Kakashi is crazy, in fanfic and canon. I mean he did not have a sane life, and in no way does he act sane. He is what I like to call ‘functionally insane’.It’s a nice place to be…(cough) anywho… I also like how you portray Sarutobi as in canon he may have done a good job with Naruto (honestly he couldn’t have been treated as bad as most fanfics make it) but he also I think allowed a lot of what went wrong because he had to make sacrifices for the good of the village. I mean this was the guy who in the end authorized the massacre of the Uchiha…wasn’t all the evil councils fault… he just made to many deals to preserve the village that had been through to much to truly survive without bending the moral codes he spoke of… I think that is why he was so encouraging of Naruto’s dream to be Hokage.. I think he felt Naruto could save the village form the path he had sent it down by taking back the title instead of picking a new hokage…
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah… Evil and Evil Genus of fanfic are one and the same… and I also am a ‘chick’ it is funny how people assume male or female… I had a few friends referred to as guys who were female writers and vice versa… It’s actually amusing after a while…I get a kick out of it…