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May. 11th, 2020 04:46 amAnother thing I really feel the need to explore in fics sometime is Alya as genre-savvy. She's canonically a superhero fangirl, and was even before Ladybug came on the scene, so she should actually know a number of very good arguments for why superheroes knowing one-anothers secret identities can work in their favor, for example.
I also want to explore how I think she runs the Ladyblog, because my impression is that she runs it more like a fansite for fiction than a news site dedicated to a particular topic. They're similar concepts, yes, but what's relevant and useful to post to one isn't necessarily to the other, and how each one approaches secret identities in particular differs wildly.
A fansite is going to collect all the information possible from as many sources as possible in one place; for a fictional superhero, that definitely includes things like secret identities. A journalistic site about real people should ethically be going in with the understanding that there are some things they shouldn't publish without the consent of the subject, and personal information is definitely at the top of the list.
This approach also might be why Alya originally published the Lila interview without verifying her sources; with fictional superheroes, especially as DCU and Marvel comics are run, there are many sources of canon, and if the Ladyblog is a fansite, Alya may feel pressured/obligated to report every snippet of even potential news and rumors she comes across. If the Ladyblog is a more journalism-oriented website, she would likely feel more obligated to cite her sources and do more research in general.
Fansites, especially fansites about fictional characters and franchises, can be a little bit more ethically gossipy than journalistic sites, is what I'm trying to get at. One of the things I'm not sure about, though, is whether Alya realizes she's running more of a fansite than a journalistic site, or if that's even her intention. I think that would be an important angle to explore someday.
(Though not, I'll admit, nearly as much fun as Alya chatting away with Nino (and possibly Marc and Nath?) about the logistics of superheroes knowing each others' secret identities where Marinette can hear.)
I also want to explore how I think she runs the Ladyblog, because my impression is that she runs it more like a fansite for fiction than a news site dedicated to a particular topic. They're similar concepts, yes, but what's relevant and useful to post to one isn't necessarily to the other, and how each one approaches secret identities in particular differs wildly.
A fansite is going to collect all the information possible from as many sources as possible in one place; for a fictional superhero, that definitely includes things like secret identities. A journalistic site about real people should ethically be going in with the understanding that there are some things they shouldn't publish without the consent of the subject, and personal information is definitely at the top of the list.
This approach also might be why Alya originally published the Lila interview without verifying her sources; with fictional superheroes, especially as DCU and Marvel comics are run, there are many sources of canon, and if the Ladyblog is a fansite, Alya may feel pressured/obligated to report every snippet of even potential news and rumors she comes across. If the Ladyblog is a more journalism-oriented website, she would likely feel more obligated to cite her sources and do more research in general.
Fansites, especially fansites about fictional characters and franchises, can be a little bit more ethically gossipy than journalistic sites, is what I'm trying to get at. One of the things I'm not sure about, though, is whether Alya realizes she's running more of a fansite than a journalistic site, or if that's even her intention. I think that would be an important angle to explore someday.
(Though not, I'll admit, nearly as much fun as Alya chatting away with Nino (and possibly Marc and Nath?) about the logistics of superheroes knowing each others' secret identities where Marinette can hear.)
