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REC: Untitled Fix-It Comic by pim (Panfandom Meta)
Fandom 50 #30
Untitled Fix-It Comic by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
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Fandom: Panfandom, Doctor Who, Avengers, Sherlock
Medium: Comic
Length: 6 pages
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: drama, happy ending, au: canon divergence, writing
Description:
When I was a teenager I didn't like fix-it fics. I thought it was too sugary, too amateurish, too convenient. But now when I see a fix-it fic, I think of that episode of doctor who I'd watched when I was 14.
"Just this once, everybody lives."
A fix-it fic is a person's ability to grab misfortune by the throat and say, "no, actually."
"Actually, the right person arrived just in time."
"Actually, they can come to an understanding."
"Actually, the villain can change their mind."
"If canon won't give them happiness, I'll make them a universe that will."
A fix-it fic means someone cared enough seeing a story of people being hurt, and decided to give them happiness.
And I think that's kind of beautiful.
Yeah, this got me. I'm a sucker for a good fix-it fic, and it's a storytelling impulse that I feel warmly about in general. I've especially been thinking about this topic lately—and some of the related canon moments—thanks to a bit that hit home in![[youtube.com profile]](https://youtube.com/favicon.ico)
JessieGender1's recent Star Trek Strange New Worlds Is a Centrist Space Fantasy video essay that talked about the storytelling worldviews in which change requires a body count and about the narrative incorporation of ungrievable lives. (Two recs for the price of one in this post!)
This comic is sweet and touching, with great pacing and choice of visuals. I especially love the spot where we see darkness giving way to light and the shots of people writing. It gave me some fuzzy feelings about fandom and encouraged me to open back up a fix-it draft of my own.
Untitled Fix-It Comic by
Fandom: Panfandom, Doctor Who, Avengers, Sherlock
Medium: Comic
Length: 6 pages
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: drama, happy ending, au: canon divergence, writing
Description:
A black-and-white cartoon comic follows its creator from their teenage years reading fic in a classroom, through glimpses of canon moments from Doctor Who, The Avengers, and Sherlock, to the experiences of other fans and back to the now-older creator as they muse on their changing opinion of fix-it fic.
When I was a teenager I didn't like fix-it fics. I thought it was too sugary, too amateurish, too convenient. But now when I see a fix-it fic, I think of that episode of doctor who I'd watched when I was 14.
"Just this once, everybody lives."
A fix-it fic is a person's ability to grab misfortune by the throat and say, "no, actually."
"Actually, the right person arrived just in time."
"Actually, they can come to an understanding."
"Actually, the villain can change their mind."
"If canon won't give them happiness, I'll make them a universe that will."
A fix-it fic means someone cared enough seeing a story of people being hurt, and decided to give them happiness.
And I think that's kind of beautiful.
Yeah, this got me. I'm a sucker for a good fix-it fic, and it's a storytelling impulse that I feel warmly about in general. I've especially been thinking about this topic lately—and some of the related canon moments—thanks to a bit that hit home in
This comic is sweet and touching, with great pacing and choice of visuals. I especially love the spot where we see darkness giving way to light and the shots of people writing. It gave me some fuzzy feelings about fandom and encouraged me to open back up a fix-it draft of my own.