the " ive grown accustomed to the idea of not being human anymore, yet ive got this body back. this was the last thing i wanted, and i struggle with the dissonance of my existance" vs the "ive lived as an artificial being for longer than i ever was human, yet theres still so much humanity left in me. ive made peace with the way i am" that is hal and robro in turnabout
hs guardians r caricatures of like actual people in the way kids start to realize that teachers dont actually live at schools and have their own lives. charlie brown adults going wawawa when they talk type thang.
its so hard to balance guardians doing weird shit because they are guardians and the person themselves being unhinged as hell. like bro tossing dave around as an aloof evil older brother trope? makes sense. Dirk Strider doing all of that…? dude what is wrong with your brain???
I have a lot of feelings about the rise of he would not fucking say that attitudes in fandom spaces and the paralysing effect it can have on creators. As a writer i think it’s important to just write what feels true to you and not what you think others will “approve” of. Like even as a reader i have enjoyed a variety of different characterisations that all work because the writer makes them work for a particular story. And a fic that’s written out of character to some will be in character to others. Writing fic is not your job you’re not being paid it’s your hobby please. Make them as close to canon as possible. Make them completely different. Who cares! Have fun! Have so much fun! There is an audience for every kind of fic and every kind of character interpretation i promise