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Old 12-20-2023, 01:25 PM   #2308
John F
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Originally Posted by nabsltd View Post
Character traits and how characters interact with each other is often the key.

For example, if you read about a group of various alien races fighting in a battle against other alien races, and two of the characters on the protagonist side were aliens of different races but were boasting about their combat skills and had a bit of a "competition" going on, you might think "this is Gimli and Legolas in space". If other characters that fit the rest of the Fellowship are there, then you know you are reading Lord of the Rings fanfic in space.
I can see your point, but as for myself, I wouldn't have made the connection (and I've read LOTR a couple of times and watched the movies many times.)

I thought the original post's point was that the simple removal of the universe from fanfic can make for a poorly written novel (so doesn't like when authors do that).
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