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To me, gender bending would be a step toward the characterization skills needed for original characters. I’d suspect that an older abbreviation “OOC” (out-of-character or out-of-canon) would definitely fit this scenario, as gender bending is a specific modification of that canon character, but it’s still based on a canon character. Some canon characters are...like a name only, so lots of fanfic writers take one of those and fill in the details. Obviously, if I hit the random name generator, create all new details, and insert that, it’s an original character (and I’ve done that repeatedly with my fanfic where I need characters).

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My potter fanfic is on AO3, but similar debate. Voldemort...dies in canon, pretty typical for villains, so I didn’t worry about it there (Ditto for Dumbledore). However, my main characters do seemingly die for an extended period of time, and that’s what prompted me to simply add in MCD and be done with it. (And now that I’ve got Harry jumping into alternate realities where those alternates do die, it’s kinda warranted.) I’d rather err on the side of tagging things, than not.

Suppose another way to view it… list the tag, taunt that characters are about to die (multiple times), leave the reader guessing, and proceed to kill absolutely nobody. 😝

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