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i understand not wanting people to see yoongi as a cold or mean person but i also wish readers would allow writers to characterize their characters to be different from how bts are irl because itâs fiction and writing the same characterization gets REALLY boring
thereâs a difference between a writer actually believing a bts member is one way and just wanting to write someone in a specific context and characterization because itâs a story and they donât want to write soft things all the time
of course yoongi isnât cold and mean. of course namjoon isnât just clumsy. of course seokjin doesnât just cook. etc etc. but i genuinely get scared of writing namjoon tripping over something or seokjin mentioning food because readers on twitter are so mean about it.
assuming a writer actually thinks yoongi is cold and mean because they write him as a tsundere or whatever is honestly insulting. 95% of writers are smarter than that and just want to characterize someone the way they want. and why is that such a horrible thing?
saying itâs fic writersâ fault for changing perception of yoongi is also ridiculous. if you as a reader cannot read a FICTIONAL story without allowing it to affect how you see REAL people that is on YOU and not the writer.
when you tell writers to stop writing bts members a certain way youâre essentially telling them to stop being creative with characterization, background of a character, and even plot.
if they ONLY write a bts member one way in all of their fics it could be a problem and COULD reflect real life views. but reading one fic from someone where they write yoongi as rough around the edges and complaining really irks me.
obviously making his character that one thing without rounding him out is kind of just flat characterization to begin with but writing him as a character with flaws where one of those flaws may be snapping at people when heâs grumpy shouldnât be a bad thing.
because yes, yoongi irl is soft and gentle and caring and loving but heâs also got flaws too. we donât see them very often because heâs a public figure who is presenting a version of himself to us. but itâs also flat characterization to ONLY make him soft all the time.
you by no means have to enjoy these grittier characterizations of bts and you donât have to read those fics. but i assure you there are many more fics with yoongi (and the others) with characterizations you do like.
i implore you to seek out fics with chatacterizations you enjoy. the same goes for plots, sexual dynamics, kinks, ships etc etc. if you donât like it just donât read it.
but i will tell you that constantly seeing complaints about characterization GREATLY discourages writers from branching out, trying new things, and writing creative stories that feature the bts members in far from canon situations.
no, real yoongi is not his hyyh character. but the yoongi in fics is not the real yoongi either. you may not like fics where theyâre criminals, villains, terrible people etc. that is totally fair and valid. but that doesnât mean the writer sees them as those things
and it also doesnât mean writers shouldnât be able to write them as those things. i have written over 100 yoonkook fics. if yoonkook had the exact same characterization in all of them imagine how tired i would be.
and if you are a writer or reader who enjoys writing and reading similar characterizations all the time, thereâs nothing wrong with that. but trying to shame writers who do things different is discouraging and quite frankly just rude.
i love soft yoongi and i love writing soft yoongi which is why heâs characterized that way in many of my fics. but fic writing is currently the only writing i do so when i want to write a story about terrible people... itâs gonna be bts.
of course i donât actually see bts as terrible people. but you cannot put the blame on me if you read my fic where yoonkook are essentially serial killers and then think yoonkook are serial killers irl.
and yes, fiction can affect reality. weâve seen that in real ways like with how jaws essentially caused the mass fear of sharks society has. but fics that get a few thousand hits cannot be blamed for swaying the opinion of fandom.
you as a content consumer and a fan are constantly supplied with real evidence of bts being lovely, supportive, amazing people. if you are reading a fic that goes against this and choose to believe the ficâs characterization over REAL EVIDENCE, i donât know what to tell you.
this issue comes up time and time again and normally i just look away because in the end it makes no real difference to me personally but i think about myself as a new fic writer wanting to branch out and seeing the tweets people make... i really would have stopped writing.
like i said you donât have to like when people write bts a certain way, you donât have to read those characterizations, but please stop blaming writers for things they didnât do and stop trying to shame writers into only writing one thing.
my creative writing prof once said that just because you donât like what someone wrote, that doesnât mean they shouldnât have been able to write it. the gatekeeping of content creators in this fandom is very discouraging even for someone who genuinely doesnât care.
iâve seen complaints about characterization, plots, sex dynamics, ships, settingâyou name it. there is something valid in every criticism but at the same time, my fucking god, just let writers write, particularly if theyâre a new writer and getting a handle on their own style.
itâs called fiction for a reason. the real boys are right in front of you and they are the proof that bts are kind and wonderful people. i agree that they are and i love them dearly. but sometimes i just wanna write some not-soft shit and that shouldnât be condemned on principle.
