I could have sworn I had something to say...

[dhampyresa]

...And yet.

I mean, I opened this tab to post something, didn't I? But nope.

Anyway.

Give me prompts?

Or tell me that it's okay for me to write for an ongoing canon. Lots of people do it! Why am I stuck on but "what if my fic is rendered obsolete before I post it?!" -- then just mark it as AU, self, ffs. Not that it's much of a concern given how much canon focuses on these two, even though one of them's nominally a main character (I say bitterly, with a bitter expression). But still. I'm stuck on that, like the silly person that I am.

Comments

[yhlee]

It is totes okay to write for an ongoing canon! But I hear you.

[rootsofthestories]

You can definitely write in an ongoing canon and it will be perfectly fine.

[muccamukk]

I always just mark on going canon's "AU after episode #" or something like that, if they get jossed. Happens all the time. People still like the fic.

[yuuago]

[/glances at SSSS]
[/raises an eyebrow]

If I thought it wasn't okay to write for an ongoing canon, I'd be the biggest hypocrite. :D OF COURSE IT'S OKAY! Write it, write it, write it! And if it gets rendered obsolete, mark it as AU, or "canon-divergent after ch/ep/installment X" or whatever.

Doooo eeeeet!

[hokuton_punch]

Definitely write for the ongoing canon!

[sovay]

Or tell me that it's okay for me to write for an ongoing canon.

It's okay to write for an ongoing canon! It is always an option to AU. Go for it.

[dhampyresa]

Thank you for the reassurance!

[dhampyresa]

Thank you so uch for this.

[dhampyresa]

Thank you for this! I needed this.

[dhampyresa]

Intellectually I know it's okay, emotionally I am a silly person. But I will write it and it will be an AU if I have to and there will be plot and explosions and maybe even kissing.

[dhampyresa]

I will! Thank you.

[dhampyresa]

I needed to hear this. Thank you.

[yuuago]

Explosions and kissing, eh? :D Sounds like my kind of fic. <3

[dhampyresa]

I thought it might! <3

[chordatesrock]

FWIW, though I see you've already started writing, I think it's not only okay, it's something I like for its own sake. By which I don't just mean that I like to do it. Rather, I like to read fics that used to be (and are no longer) consistent with canon! First, because sometimes I decide I don't like canon at a certain point. Second, because it forms a sort of record of what fandom was thinking at the time the fic was started. Third, because I love the idea of two creators following the same prompt or drawing from the same sketch; seeing multiple different fans (and the canon creator!) take on the challenge of continuing a series from a specific point is fun!

I have no idea what fandom you're talking about, but if it's one I'm in, I'm glad you're writing it!

[dhampyresa]

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm not sure how much ~fannish speculation~ will make it in, but we'll see.

The fandom is Star Wars Rebels, idk if you know it.