Board Thread:Fanon Canon 2/@comment-2185383-20140924182221/@comment-24384232-20140929185945

To begin with, Iruka has not once compromised his stance. He tested them, after he was informed that their Jounin sensei's all put them forward. The condition of his test was that if they failed that, then their sensei's would withdraw their nomination. You are also forgetting the fact that Naruto despite Iruka's wishes and orders to detain him (which he tried to do), overcame the trap and went forward with the war. Your assertion that Iruka would bend his principles and beg the Hokage to let her do a C-Rank mission is implausible at best.

There are other legitimate ways for your character to survive the massacre, that could easily be explained off that don't include completely altering a canon character's own values in such a way as to enable the possibility of your story. Iruka's presence is not even required here, but you seem adamant that he remains. And yes Doom, for the purpose of any given application you are in effect auditioning your character and their backstory.

''The Fanon Canon exists as virtual world in which the characters you create have a meaningful impact on the history and progress of the world. If you're character is a Kage, by deign of their existence in the Fanon Canon, every single person who is participating now acknowledges this, and it is now fact. Your character holds that position of power and authority. So yes, people at the very least have a right to criticize, and be objective of applications because they are consenting to and agreeing with their plausibility and viability within the course of their own stories and the world in which their own characters are interacting in.''

The reason people disagree with it, is because it ignores the values and personality of canon characters in favor of pushing your own. They are not swayed by the decisions you made the canon characters take, because they believe them to be wrong and way out-of-character. The story is... somewhat wishy-washy, because it appeals to very surface level emotions and very bland or general characterizations without any sense of depth or understanding. When I mention details and how important they are, what I'm really talking about is outlining the deeper motivations, circumstances and reasons behind a characters actions.

Itachi is a prime example. For most of the series we are given next to nothing in terms of information as to why he committed the Uchiha Massacre. But once we start to learn more about it, we learn that there was a lot of things going on at the time. The Uchiha were attempting a Coup, Madara was inciting war, Danzo obviously wanted the Sharingan, Itachi was torn between the love for his family and his loyalty to his village. All of these factors come together to create a much more compelling and intriguing story surrounding this event. This is the kind of details the moderators want, because they create depth for your own character. It makes a story interesting. Strive for that, and you'll succeed Doom.