I've been writing an RE:9 Leon fic since completing my first run in March, but I've loved him since I was a kid. I'm really trying hard to do older Leon justice and write him accurately, as well as pair him with an original female character that compliments his character and the canon. (So it's a slow burn — multi chpt fic.) Dropped the first three chpts this month, and barely broke a handful of notes or kudos and zero comments/reblogs. Every time I look in the tags I feel like deleting it from the internet, because it feels so futile to share work like this. The insane amount of reader fics and poor head canons posts out there with thousands of likes/comms/shares, which make no attempt to write him in character is just diabolical to me. The main male character in these fics/hcs could literally be anyone but Leon more than half the time. The irony of all this is that I'm a successful published romance/erotica author, who just writes fanfic for practice in my spare time. So I'm reasonably sure I know how to write a good story and accurately represent a character. I also don't find reader interaction essential to thrive as a writer, but with that being said — I feel so badly for the few other writers out there who are trying to do Leon justice but are constantly getting their efforts buried by so much content that simply is not even close to representing Leon properly. Nice to see I'm not alone in feeling this way. Thank you for calling it out. Sadly I don't think it will make any difference to this massive imbalance in fandom, but it makes me feel less alone to know others see and feel it too
anon, i did try to find your work but you didn't give me much to go on lol! but send me your fic please. i would love to read it. sounds right up my alley tbh! totally agree with what you're saying. at first i was just annoyed about so many people doing leon a disservice in the way the wrote him. now i'm getting more and more pissed about writers deleting their work or feeling like there's no point in sharing it because of how hard it seems to be to get any support in the fandom...especially for longer fics or fics with ocs. i hope you don't give up because i'm one of the few folk who will give an oc a chance, and i feel like these kinds of stories are dying out when ocs used to be all we had back in the days of fanfic dot net and quizilla lol! my inbox is open to you (or anyone) who wants to vent or share some work with me. don't give up! x









