tallihensia | Meta Question - Character Treatment (Reply)

So here's a general question/poll for my fic-readers: How would you prefer I handle the um... more controversial of the side characters?

(Note - this is not a general meta question for all and sundry. It's specifically for my readers to get an idea of how I might approach some future fics.)

As a general rule, I try not to do any/much character-bashing in my fics. I like to use the best of the characters as we've seen then and not dwell on the poorly written inconsistencies. However, there are times when I'm a little tempted... (devil on my shoulder)

So the current dilemma is in a couple of fics I'm working on with the future fic worlds where I mix the DC Justice League. I most often will cut off the majority of my Smallville timeline between seasons 2 and 3, with a smattering of future canon if I like the canon from 3-9 (which, um, won't be a lot o.o). When dealing with the JL, I kindof want to go off the Smallville JL even though they're introduced after my timelines... but in all honestly, I don't *like* some of them as Smallville portrays them. ^^;;; Okay, okay. Aquaman I can deal with, Impulse is kindof fun, Cyborg is cool... it's really Green Arrow I've got a problem with.

My options for a future JL mix are therefore:
1) Write the Smallville characters as heroes (and grit my teeth when I do it for GA)
2) Snark at GA and yell at him and tell him what an ... he is through the other characters
3) Leave GA out of it altogether and just use the JL characters from the DC worlds that I like and respect (and in all honesty, GA? He was never a major part of the JL way back when.)

I'm seriously thinking of #3. Avoid the problem altogether. Even if it feels a bit like dodging the question. But I just don't think I can honestly write him nice, and I'm kindof burnt out on character abuse. So... avoidance seems like the best option.

But out of curiosity, what do think? About both the current GA problem, and about the other characters too? (I'm making the poll a locked poll, to keep it a bit more friendly, even though it's understood that not everybody likes all the characters all the time.)

First three questions on GA - scale rating for 1-"no-don't do that" to 5-"I'd prefer this treatment". The other question on the other characters just to get a general sense out them. I probably won't change too much on the ensemble fics, but if I'm writing shorter ones... might help in getting an idea of who to leave out and who to include.

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