Putting this below the cut because it’s admittedly a little mean and kind of just me whining about fandom not being curated especially to my preference. It’s entitled as hell, but at least I’m self-aware that it’s entitled as hell.
Listen, I like OCs just fine and have no problem with OC x canon as a concept. Hell, I’ve even reblogged people’s OC that I really liked in the past. That said, I’m kind of annoyed that the Bad Batch/TCW fandom seems to be so OC X Canon focused when I’m more interested in the characters that already exist in the source material and their relationships with each other. Sometimes it gets weirdly difficult to find fanart/posts/fics that are just about the characters that I fell in love with and not works focused on brand new characters with a side of the character that I’m looking for stuff about. And the thing is, I know I’m being kind of entitled for thinking this way and I can’t (and have no desire to) dictate what others do with their hobby. The OC x Canon thing is totally harmless fun and I’m not “better” than other people for not being as into it. But since it’s not something that I’m super interested in, I feel like a lot of recent fanworks in this fandom (particularly on tumblr) just aren’t scratching that fandom itch for me because of this. I’m going to be posting my own stuff (currently in the works!) which focuses on just existing characters soon, so I’m not leaving the fandom or anything.
