Something I think is neat and really cute about fanfic is that there’s a personal version of each character in it? Like, each writer focuses on different traits and qualities and even though there can be a hundred fics with the same character, they’re really not exactly the same.
So even if you and I are writing a fic with the same characters, they can still be uniquely different despite having the same core and they’re each dear to us personally as our take on the person.
I don’t know, I just think it’s cute that each writer cherishes these characters in personal and unique ways.
This is the heart of the Two Cakes rule
It really is.
What’s more, every reader who’s read more than one version of a character has their internal perception of that character enriched by the versions of that character written by those authors.
And those are the result of every version of the character in every fic the authors have read.
It’s a massive progression towards complexity and realism for the character in the minds of the storytellers.
In a way, it’s Infinite Cakes.
