Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24573226-20160623204034/@comment-14138255-20160913031851

Sentry 616 wrote: Just make it clear what you're doing and indicate what is a problem in actual stories.

I think basically doing a deliberately terrible parody/case study of bad fanfic is an interesting idea, but it could be hard to read. It'd be hard to keep people's attention since it relies on a heavy amount of those cliches, but once it gets to the "rug pulling" part, it should be good, the point people realize this isn't a typical fanfic, it's in fact a deconstruction. It'd take a lot of patience though.

Going off tangeant, but I believe there's two ways to go about deconstruction I feel with two different formats: Neon Genesis Evangelions brand of deconstruction, and Puella Magi Madoka Magickas deconstriction. (I'll try to be spoiler free for Madoka, Evangelion's 15 years old).

NGE's deconstruction is slow burning and gradual, with things not being directly apparent, but all the things that will contribute to its atmosphere and message are apparent (the show starts as would be typical a Giant Robot anime, except the hero's a wuss and he gets his shit kicked in initially, among other foreshadowing).

PMMM's more of a shocking swerve. It starts out and relies on fooling the audience into thinking it's the kind of show it's deconstruction before pulling the rug hard suddenly and immediately, and mocking the person fooled for the few hours afterward before they finally get up.