okay this is that āwell, Iām not going into paragraph territoryā anon. I am going into paragraph territory, this has bugged me since forever. I donāt think roblox myths/accounts have objective characters? :ā)
Myths, at least, in every other fan-space Iāve been to, are pretty much just full-fledged stories that you are given full permission to do whatever you want with! So long as you keep some of the characterās core, you can write virtually whatever story you want, with a message that may or may not tie into the original. The way to critique something like this is always to think about whether or not your version of the character sabotages what youāre trying to write or not, and whether or not you can make a more effective concept.
When I discovered roblox myths and account-based lore, it honestly seemed like something like this but with extra freedom, as these accounts donāt have personalities! They have actions you can base your characterisations off of, sure, but one guy could steal a dollar and another could steal two, and the first guy could still be greedier. Deciding the intent already gives you a bunch of leeway. But I do not get any the criticism?? I keep seeing people state that myths are āout of characterā, which very much confuses me.
Myths are so beloved because different writers interpret them differently, arenāt they? Itās the case with Roblox from what Iāve seen, too. What is with this critique? From what Iāve seen, the ācharacterā youāre supposed to adhere to when you interpret the myths is pretty much just the more popular, older ones, which is just absurd to me.
This fanbase feels like (bare with me. this is the best analogy I could come up with) a restaurant thatās got the ingredients and such for virtually anything, you can order whatever you want, and some dude gets a sandwich or something. He happens to be the first person to go here, resulting in everyone who arrives getting that same sandwich. Itās great, but they kind of forget the restaurant can do anything along the way, and when someone shows up to get something else, theyāre treated weird for it, because everyoneās kind of decided this was a sandwich place.
If youāre going to gatekeeping writing myths, thatās some false advertising considering the āmythā title.