Correct me if I'm wrong but I got a feeling that season 2 left the vox x reader writers in a sort of weird position. There was simultaneously too much and too little content with him. And now writers are both restriced and forced to fill out huge chunks of blank spaces. Between the situationship with Val and his 70years long psychosexual obsession with Alastor, you have to write a canon-rejecting out-of-character AU if you want Vox to even look at your OC. Vincent, on the other hand? We know nothing about that guy, except that he enjoyed killing his coworkers. Private life? Upbringing? Family? Personality? Zero, nada, null. And yes, writers love having freedom when creating, but too much freedom can also become a problem. Maybe that is why we get less and less vox/vincent x reader stories. People are just inspirationally burn out and bored.
You're not entirely wrong, considering people think it's a cardinal sin to ship yourself with a character who's already in a relationship. But I wanna point out, no hate to you, not including Vox's canon relationships in self insert fanfiction does not automatically make him OOC.
His relationships do not fully define his character as a whole. I mean, I'm not gonna lie and say they didn't influence him, but I don't think his "romantic" relationships fully make up his character traits.
Canon rejecting? I can accept that. OOC? I respectfully disagree.
I do wanna point it, I feel like it's the lack of interactions that really make it boring. I know writing fanfic is not all about comments and praise, but sometimes, it's nice to receive asks about how people love your fic and love the character the way you do. And seeing fic ideas is always fun.
I don't think there's a lack of quality fics out there that people try to write (shoutout to my Vox mutuals). 😘 @tuquoque @dostoevskya @tadohazbinokayy
READ THEIR STUFF ITS GOOD
Thing is, you barely see anyone interact with those newer fanfics here anymore.
I mean, I don't think I'm burnt out. Just lazy asf. Cause I'll be honest, I come up with random fic ideas at the drop of a hat just for the love of them game. You'd HATE to see my growing WIP list 🫠 most are for Vox... im ashamed...
I don't think I'll drop this any time soon because I feel a little happy and accomplished when I write something. This is kinda like a coping mechanism and an escape for me, and it feels nice to see that other people really enjoy the slop I put out.
