Talk:Griffon/@comment-188.111.120.5-20160201101259/@comment-24198837-20160415212905

I never had a problem with canon-contradicting fanfics, just call it AU and you're good.

It becomes a problem when they try to justify their inaccuracies in-universe, because half the time they end up believing their own BS. Hearing something like "[Insert crackpot theory here] could totally happen, like I wrote about/read about in that one fanfic" makes me light up like Yang on a bad hair day.

There's no substance, no evidence, no logic, no sense - just, "Hey, I like this thing so it must be true!". And on top of everything, the fanfics I usually see that referring to are either complete garbage or complete smut.

And then there's the issue of the ever-present CanonxOC, which has massive potential to be interesting (Just consider it an AU fic), but essentially every one is "My Mary Sue/Gary Stu OC x My waifu" and it's unbearable. It's universally wish fulfilment, it's universally poorly-written, and I haven't seen a single one that's ever worked.

It's sad, really, because I can easily imagine all of the possibilities. Say, for example, Blake was more neutral and never left the White Fang, but nothing else changed. You'd need a fourth for RW_Y. Or maybe Tai and Summer hooked up initially and Yang was never born (again leaving a spot open on the team). Those ideas massively interest me, but no one seems to be able to introduce a new character to the story without shifting all of Remnant to revolve around them.

If I could remove one thing from this fandom, it'd be OCxCanon stories.