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Is there such thing as a Reconstruction fic?

After reading the Fire Emblem Fates fanfic A Brighter Dark a few months ago, I don't know whether or not it counts as a deconstruction, so I took it off. This is what its entry read like before I removed it:

• A Brighter Dark by DeathDealer Inc is a Fire Emblem Fates retelling that alters a few characters' (and entire countries') personalities to what they would logically be in that setting and then shows how events would play out in that setting.

Isn't the idea of "deconstruction" to take elements of a work at face value and examine them more closely to see what does and doesn't work about them? If an author has to make such drastic changes to a setting to prove a point, then is it really "deconstructing" anything in Fates itself? I think this one fits better under the Darker and Edgier (due to the frequent swearing and more graphic violence despite the FanFiction.Net version being rated "T") and/or Alternate Universe Fic pages (since by the author's admission in the notes for Chapter 8, Hoshido and Nohr were rewritten to resemble feudal Japan and medieval Europe in the time of the Black Death, respectively, and Valla is removed completely, along with everything regarding the Faceless and the First Dragons aside from some Take That! moments against the game sprinkled throughout the fic).

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Needs Help, started by TheOneInRed on Mar 6th 2021 at 8:49:02 PM

Hi everyone I’ve been told repeatedly that I have a problem with grammer so I’ll put my rough draft here to get it right. I’m not sure where this goes so ‘m putting it both here and the Deconstruction Fic discussion page. If I made a mistake I’m sorry just delete it.

The Bitter End is a Deconstruction of the Takahashi Couple. Ranma and Akane’s Love Epiphany happenes after a yearlong Time Skip. During that year Ranma went through massive Character Development not only eliminating the Jerkass part of his Jerk with a Heart of Gold personality but getting rid of his Unwanted Harem

Tsundere: Instead of Belligerent Sexual Tension Zen treats Akane’s actions as a serious mental disorder. While Ranma underwent Character Development she still had the deep rooted trust issues regarding him he just didn’t do anything to set her off. So when they got married and finally became intimate that was her Rage Breaking Point

Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Akane could not mentally adjust to the idea of a mature and stable Ranma as a husband. While he made a serious effort to **reform** his behavior. The problem with this strategy was that such behavior was so unlike the norm for Ranma that it had the opposite effect on Akane, making her Improperly Paranoid. She would feel both inadequate and suspicious over imagined slights and the deep suspicion that Ranma was still being unfaithful since the only reason he would be so nice was that he’d done something for which he was feeling guilty.

The Unfair Sex: Akane’s behavior and Ranma’s passive acceptance of it was reinforced by Soun, Genma and Nodoka who opted to Ignore the Disability and instead chastise Ranma for making her angry in the first place.

Unprovoked Pervert Payback: Finally it shows the dangers of hitting someone with a randomly grabbed object. Instead of a table or mallet this time Akane grabbed the Saotome Honor blade.

Why is the page gone and locked? Is this page being fixed or is it being deleted?

Just throwing this out there, but might there exist any King of the Hill fics about Hank's disapproval of nearly everything Bobby gets into? Like, if Bobby were to recognize masculinity for the bullshit that it is at some point post-series, and either rebels actively against it (during his teen years) or winds up depressed during adulthood and needs to call Hank out on having deprived him of all kinds of things that could have enriched his life for no good reason, most likely leading to their relationship officially ending on a sour note?

(Could one say, overriding an ill-earned Esoteric Happy Ending?)

Do you think it's okay to add my fan fic, "Puella Magi Mary Sue Magica" here? Spoilers: It's a deconstruction of Mary Sues that's more then just a Parody Sue fic. I won't mention that I wrote it either way.

Okay, so back when I was Eddie At The Gov before a computer crash, I started this page.

Now... my fic, The Accidental Sensei... someone put it here.

I'm crying. You may consider the tears manly or not, I'm too moved/ pleased to care.

Would it count as a Deconstruction Fic if the author inserts themselves into the fiction, but gets killed repeatedly, called out by the creator repeatedly, is limited to only certain powers and abilities, and among other things, suggests some Dry Docking of a particular pairing they didn't like because they didn't want the hated half of the pair to Die for Our Ship? Perhaps it's worth noting this is a Homestuck fanfiction, so deconstruction is really keeping Original Flavor*

Would it be okay if I added my Friendship is Magic fan fiction Dragon of the Eclipse to the page? It's supposed to be a deconstruction of hybrid characters in fan fiction. The main character is a half dragon, but because he's one of a few, he's hunted down and attacked on a regular basis.

Guys, I note some examples note trends but not actual fics. Anyone got any good examples for High School Musical or Kim Possible, for example?

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This trope was renamed from Wreck Fic.

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