Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-24859393-20170401050241/@comment-366087-20170417034558

As a writer, *I, personally* do not want readers telling *me* what my characters are. It is *my* job to tell them. My stories, my characters, my worlds. *I* know ALL the motivations. The readers do not.

So PRESUMING not poorly written—which even allegedly "professionals", even "best sellers", can be prone to do—it is THE JOB of the writer(s)/creative teams to TELL US what is what.

Which, BTW, as mentioned above, is not the same as intentionally written with ambiguity, in which case the writer/creative transfers to the audience the decision-making.

And if you ever need example or proof that audiences CAN and DO tell creatives that they are "wrong", that as fans they presume to take the stance of "we know better than the writers" about their own property… just look to the Legend of Korra *Makorra* shippers who resolutely refuse to accept Korrasami and have indeed told Bryke they don't know their own characters.

There is a difference between preferring a particular interpretation—I myself prefer Kim Possible Kigo/alternative lifestyle Kim—over canon, and daring to tell the creatives they don't know their own property.