The Law of Inverse Favoritism refers to the tendency of fanfiction authors to make their FAVORITE characters suffer the most, either INSTEAD of the ones they hate, or ALONGSIDE the ones they hate. For example, if you were a huge Sonic fan, and Tails was your favorite character, he would tend to go through the most serious shit in any stories you wrote, maybe he'd lose one of his tails, maybe he'd die, maybe he'd lose someone who meant a lot to him (Like Sonic himself).
This law does not always apply, however, and some authors may like certain characters TOO much to make them eligible for this, as if there's a sort of uncanny valley where, right before the character means the most to you out of any, ones short of that standard suffer, but the ones shorter or ahead of the valley do not.
This seems to often be determined by how innocent or pure the character is. The moreso they are, the more likely they'll be excluded. For example, I often write Animaniacs fanfics, and Wakko never gets hurt as badly as anyone else, so he would probably be an exception for the Law of Inverse Favoritism.
This law does not always apply, however, and some authors may like certain characters TOO much to make them eligible for this, as if there's a sort of uncanny valley where, right before the character means the most to you out of any, ones short of that standard suffer, but the ones shorter or ahead of the valley do not.
This seems to often be determined by how innocent or pure the character is. The moreso they are, the more likely they'll be excluded. For example, I often write Animaniacs fanfics, and Wakko never gets hurt as badly as anyone else, so he would probably be an exception for the Law of Inverse Favoritism.
Alice: You know how people who write fanfics often tend to torture their FAVORITE characters, and not the ones they HATE?
Bob: Yeah, I'm often guilty of that myself. I know how that works.
Alice: Well, you're one of my favorites to write in my stories now, so get ready for hell. That doesn't bother you at all, does it?
Bob: I t 's v e n g e a n c e f o r a l l I ' v e w r i t t e n
Alice: I also came up with a name for that. I'll call it "The Law of Inverse Favoritism".
Bob: Accurate.
(True story between me and a friend, names changed though for anonymity purposes)
Bob: Yeah, I'm often guilty of that myself. I know how that works.
Alice: Well, you're one of my favorites to write in my stories now, so get ready for hell. That doesn't bother you at all, does it?
Bob: I t 's v e n g e a n c e f o r a l l I ' v e w r i t t e n
Alice: I also came up with a name for that. I'll call it "The Law of Inverse Favoritism".
Bob: Accurate.
(True story between me and a friend, names changed though for anonymity purposes)
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Get the Favorite person mug.Some people have to do a lot of manipulating to keep themselves as David to the other guy's Goliath. The Warriors were the clear favorites most of the early 2021-2022 season by record, and really they still have a similar record to the Suns (the team with the top record in the NBA for the last few games), but you still have people calling the Suns and Lakers favorites to win the title (clearly people that don't want people to know they want the Warriors to get the title, but they also want to make it look like they are underdogs that have more setbacks and obstacles ahead of them than other teams before they can get it) . They must be talking about who people would like to see get a title rather than who is most likely to get one, otherwise the manipulation of someone behind the scenes is transparent.
Going by record, the Lakers wouldn't be anybody's favorite to win anything right about now, they've lost as many games as they've won and they are way back behind the Warriors in rankings. They are the team that would have to come from behind to get anywhere, not the Warriors. The Warriors are still heavily favored at this time, and probably will be for a long time.
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Everyone in the party: Yes! We are far superior than them!
One day later....
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Guy 2: Hello! Welcome to the gamers 'n jocks party. No nerds are allowed in here! Okay?!
Everyone in the party: Yes! We are far superior than them!
One day later....
Guy 4: YEAH!!! THIS IS THE BEST PARTY EVER!!!!!
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Everyone in the party including Guy 2 & 4: OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!
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