THE FANDOM FLANDERIZATION MEME

[elfstoned]

We all know how fandom flanderizes characters, but what if Save the Earth were a television show?

How would fandom get it wrong?



HOW IT WORKS:
Post a comment with your character journal explaining generally what the twisted and horrible fanon version of your character is. What less significant personality traits do they fixate on? How do the thirteen-year-olds on fanfiction.net write them? Who are they shipped with ad nauseum? What are they like in Omegaverse?

OPTIONAL: Reply IC to others' comments as your own flanderized fanon character, or feel free to have the real version express horror and disgust (or vicious amusement).

Have fun!!

Comments

ALEX KUSNITZ | AXIMILI-ESGARROUTH-ISTHILL

[moarnomsplz]

Alex can't get three syllables out without repeating one or more of them, and fandom has multiplied his teenage gawky awkwardness x 2 so that he's constantly running into things, or getting stuffed into his locker, or saying the wrong thing and blushing. He's usually demoted to comic relief, but occasionally shipped with Bakura or Anthony.

A small but vocal minority insists the tail will lead to him Taking A Level In Badass. Comparisons to Neville Longbottom are bandied about, and they appear as a crossover ship with alarming regularity.

A smaller and less vocal minority really, really likes the tail, and draws him with it all the time.

Re: ALEX KUSNITZ | AXIMILI-ESGARROUTH-ISTHILL

[scramasax]

Give me a spot of pleasant BroT3 anyday.

Emphasis upon "bro", mind you.

[moarnomsplz]

Hee, I have trouble shipping Ax with anyone in a non-bro way, unless it's unrequited crushes. He's too much younger than I am!

I bet he gets his share of Mary Sues in fic, though. He is pretty cute.

[seriallylucky]

Neville!Alex is my new headcanon. Just so you know.

Naturally, there is a fairly large segment of the fandom that wonders whether Alex is OP - he and Hajime are the only ones (as far as I recall) who've made Echoed things disappear.

[moarnomsplz]

I'd be one of the fans rooting for him to turn out to be a Crouching Geek Hidden Badass. :)

And oooh, that would make for interesting fan discussions for sure!