"Doomed by the narrative" is sexy and all but i think the narrative wanting to save a character who is utterly set on dooming themselves isnt as much of a thing and it's so good as a concept
So I was talking about fic with my sister the other day, and my mom asked "What makes something Fan-Fictions specifically?"
"It's uh... Ok, you like Downton Abbey, right? Its like if you wrote a story about the characters of Downton Abbey, but the plot went different from the show, or the characters were in a different setting."
"Oh!" Said mom. "I think it'd be very funny to read a story where Mr. Carson the butler was the head host of a modern Outback Steakhouse or something similar where people show up to dinner in flip-flops and he sees the teenage waitstaff with the little floor sweepers going under guest's feet. He'd be horrified."
Anyway, She understands it perfectly, and if someone out there has a "Mr. Carson is subjected to the horrors of Modern Foodservice" fic, I will show it to her.


