Ooh, nice list. A good "Beginner's Guide to the Evo Fandom."
A lot of fangirls attach themselves to Pyro because they think he's the angsty rebel from X2 with a few "mate"s or "sheila"s thrown into every sentence to prove that, yes, the author knows what Australians sound like, really! Of course, even movie!Pyro would probably not be interested in playing Prince Charming to Wanda, Amara, or Mary Sue. And Evo!Pyro is kind of batshit insane.
Perfect summation of fanon!Gambit. Often, the writers just slap an AU label on the fic - at least they admit that they can't be bothered to make it fit with canon
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Damn, totally forgot about the 'mate' and 'sheila' for fanon!Pyro.
About Gary Stus, sadly these Neo clones appear in all fandoms. Can't they stick to the Matrix and leave other fandoms out of it?
Yeah, you're right, she kind be pretty preachy in the first two seasons (Survival of the Fittest comes to mind), but she is definitely nowhere near as bad as her fanon version.
Very impressive list! You seem to have hit all the relevant bases.
In fanon the Brotherhood either becomes a little fluffy family and tight knit group or some kind anti-human terror group that makes epic plans against the X-Men.
To expand on the idea of the Brotherhood as a "fluffy family," there's also "Red Witch Syndrome," in which the Bhood boys (and girl) are the real heroes of the show, unlike those stuck-up, hypocritical X-Men. They're just misunderstood, lovable scamps, and they never have to take responsibility for the damage their antics cause. I love the Brotherhood, but this always rubbed me the wrong way.
Yup, lovable scamps would also make them quite boring, don't you think? People got way to adoring of the Red Witch version of the characters, kinda like a lot of people got loved Leatherpants!Draco from Cassie's fanfics.
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You rock so hard :D. This is so spot on, especially the character descriptions and 'Fanon' descriptions. Great job!
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A lot of fangirls attach themselves to Pyro because they think he's the angsty rebel from X2 with a few "mate"s or "sheila"s thrown into every sentence to prove that, yes, the author knows what Australians sound like, really! Of course, even movie!Pyro would probably not be interested in playing Prince Charming to Wanda, Amara, or Mary Sue. And Evo!Pyro is kind of batshit insane.
Perfect summation of fanon!Gambit. Often, the writers just slap an AU label on the fic - at least they admit that they can't be bothered to make it fit with canon ( ... )
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About Gary Stus, sadly these Neo clones appear in all fandoms. Can't they stick to the Matrix and leave other fandoms out of it?
Yeah, you're right, she kind be pretty preachy in the first two seasons (Survival of the Fittest comes to mind), but she is definitely nowhere near as bad as her fanon version.
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In fanon the Brotherhood either becomes a little fluffy family and tight knit group or some kind anti-human terror group that makes epic plans against the X-Men.
To expand on the idea of the Brotherhood as a "fluffy family," there's also "Red Witch Syndrome," in which the Bhood boys (and girl) are the real heroes of the show, unlike those stuck-up, hypocritical X-Men. They're just misunderstood, lovable scamps, and they never have to take responsibility for the damage their antics cause. I love the Brotherhood, but this always rubbed me the wrong way.
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Poor dude, he's always been my fave X-Man but he seriously got shuffled to the background in Evo >_<
Well, on the bright side, his non-existence in fandom means he's safe from sues ^^
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