
That is to say, they percieve the characters and their (potential)motivations in ways that are similar to the way we, the reader, percieve the characters and their (potential) motivations.

I read somewhere a long time ago when I first got into Fandom (the institution, not to be confused _ fandom, which is specific to whatever is in the blank space), that we only read fics where the author’s characterizations match with our own. Like I said, I don’t remember my first Chrmd fic, but I’ve read pretty much every fic she’s ever published. I want to say it started with Popcorn Love, but it could just as easily have been her SQ Drabbles. I don’t remember when I found her, but I’ve been reading her fics religiously for a little over a year.


First up in the Author Highlight series is a respected, published author and poet, who happens to write heart shattering fanfiction for her adoring reader public.
