#one benefit to Large Fandoms is you can kind of blend canon and fanon interpretations lol

[sailorstarr-chan4]

Okay, so I'm catching the "omggggg I want to write fic of this ship now" feels for Mao x Nanoka because of course I am, HOWEVER, I am floundering on one simple thing:

Mao himself !! 😩

If I thought writing Inuyasha was hard (because let me make one thing clear: he is, without an shadow of a doubt, 1000% OOC in my fics lmao), Mao is on a whole other level, but for very different reasons.

Inuyasha was hard because writing a good tsundere is HARD. It's easy to make cookie-cutter "it's not like I like you or anything BAKA" types, but Inuyasha had some angst and guilt and other layers to him. But it also isn't fair to paint him as a Brooding Angsty Boi because that is most certainly NOT Inuyasha lmao. I'm good at recognizing tsunderes, but writing them is..... a challenge for me. Finding that balance between hot-headed idiocy and nuance??? Yeesh, no thanks >.<"

Mao, on the complete other end of the spectrum is........ stoic. But complex. Angsty, but kind. Enormously kind. But also emotionless. Mysterious AF. Honest but hidden. Calm, collected, wise, pragmatic, protective. He's an enigma which makes him an amazing character to read, but boy howdy, I have not idea how to write his voice 😭😭😭

#Starling ramblings #Mao #Mao manga #Mao x Nanoka #OTP #writer issues #literally though I'm SO CLOSE to writing Mao x Nanoka fluff #but Mao is haaaaaaard to imagine writing for dfbgsbfebdgkbd #and idk maybe it's because the fandom is so tiny but I feel more.... obligated to write him well #one benefit to Large Fandoms is you can kind of blend canon and fanon interpretations lol #(I mean don't get me wrong it's also low-key a pain in the ass but that's a whooooole other kettle of fish) #it's also why Large Fandoms tend to have The Popular Version of said character that is often...... worlds apart from canon #tl; dr: Inuyasha is hard because Tsunderes and the fandom widely views him as a clumsy hot Casanova #whereas Mao is hard because he's stoic #hashtag: maybe I just suck at writing men lmao