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Fandom Clichés

I'm a longtime reader, novice writer, and I find that when I’m writing a story, my immersion in fanon affects almost every word I type into that Word document. I want to be fresh and entertaining, and yet still resonate with the reader. When you write in a fandom such as Due South, establishing your familiarity with canon can be a fine line: you want your readers to accept that the people you are writing about are in fact Benton Fraser, Ray Vecchio, Ray Kowalski, etc. And sometimes it seems the easiest way to do so is to use some fandom shorthand. After all, our characters are well-known for their quirks and traits.

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