Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

--Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

Well, I write slash. And since I still define "slash" as "non-canon-same-sex-relationships" (that is, Clark/Bruce is slash, Midnighter/Apollo or Kate Kane/Renee Montoya isn't), I'm immediately setting off on a path away from canon to some extent.

That said, I do usually like to stick fairly closely to canon having made that one change! Right now both of the long stories I'm working on are non-canon (one is an alternate universe, one is a divergent-history), but that is REALLY unusual for me. But after you've written as much in DC canon as I have (a check of AO3 stats reveals I've written over 1,600,000 words there, most of it Clark/Bruce, of course) you start to want to try something a little different. Recently I'm actually wanting to work in canon more, so that's good!

I got a bunch of writing done this week, most of it emergency "Oh crap I have to get this next chapter written to make my personal arbitrary deadline" writing, but that's still good, I still made them. This is my last weekend free for a while, so I'm hoping to get some good work done during it--wish me luck!
How about you, what are you working on and how close is it to canon right now?

Comments

[prince0froses]

I love reading aus, but when writing fan fiction I prefer the only canon divergence to be characters gender identities or sexual orientation. The latter obviously for slash reasons. In terms of the former, I have always, always wanted to write trans man Bruce. A sprawling Batman Begins style origin epic in which Bruce (not named Bruce at first) uses the identity of the Batman not only to come to terms with his parents' death but with his gender. Exploration of how it feels to wear the "Wayne heiress" default identity as a mask, only feeling whole when his breasts are bound behind Kevlar. I wanted to write this before I figured myself out, which should have been a clue :p. With my original work as a priority, it has been shelved.

Speaking of which, I somehow struggle with sticking to canon more when I am responsible for the canon XD I would rather dream up fun aus than write I suppose

[mithen]

That sounds like a very cool AU to potentially explore! I don't know if I've ever seen Bruce written as trans--always a girl at times, sure, but that's not the same thing at all.

Speaking of which, I somehow struggle with sticking to canon more when I am responsible for the canon XD I would rather dream up fun aus than write I suppose.

The imagining part is usually the most fun! :)