I got a gift fic one year that was packaged as an "AU", but it was awkwardly written and really didn't match the characters (or fandom) at all.
And this "AU" was remarkably similar to the canon of another fandom (which is too big for YT). I wondered if the writer was either recycling a story they'd already written for this other fandom, or if it was just that fandom was what they'd rather be writing.
Once reveals came about, guess which fandom was my writer's main fandom, which they'd written dozens of fics for? The too-big-for-YT fandom, the canon of which was basically a perfect match for the "AU" in my gift fic.
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And this "AU" was remarkably similar to the canon of another fandom (which is too big for YT). I wondered if the writer was either recycling a story they'd already written for this other fandom, or if it was just that fandom was what they'd rather be writing.
Once reveals came about, guess which fandom was my writer's main fandom, which they'd written dozens of fics for? The too-big-for-YT fandom, the canon of which was basically a perfect match for the "AU" in my gift fic.
Needless to say, I was really confused.