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)
by Grabacr November 25, 2022
stepgrandpibling-in-law.
by Simaduria July 27, 2024
The opposite of Murphy’s law. Doherty’s Law states that anything that can go right will, based off of extreme luck.
by Slydog11 January 03, 2021
by Jdjxuducusuajns s October 31, 2023
When you join a discord group chat owned by a large account with a big following and you enter voice chat only to be greeted with a hive mind of people that sound autistic and/or posses a lisp and quote unfunny memes.
*joins the discord group chat*
User 1: "YANKEE WITH NO BRIM!!!"
User 2: "BRIM WITH NO YANKEE!!!!"
User 3: "I'm catholic but I hate jews and blacks!"
User 4:" Did you see my big chungus man behind the slaughter yankee with no brim meme!"
Me: Immaculate example of Twig's Law. A bunch of retards blistfully giggling around.
User 1: "YANKEE WITH NO BRIM!!!"
User 2: "BRIM WITH NO YANKEE!!!!"
User 3: "I'm catholic but I hate jews and blacks!"
User 4:" Did you see my big chungus man behind the slaughter yankee with no brim meme!"
Me: Immaculate example of Twig's Law. A bunch of retards blistfully giggling around.
by EnhancedAutism May 07, 2020
Jonagold law: If your S.O. is upset and refuses to tell why, you are compelled by law to break up with them.
Guy: What's wrong, honey?
Girl: Nothing. Good night.
Guy: Okay, good night <3
Girl: See, that's your fucking problem
Guy: Sorry, but I gotta abide by the Jonagold law. I'm breaking up with you. Bye!
Girl: Nothing. Good night.
Guy: Okay, good night <3
Girl: See, that's your fucking problem
Guy: Sorry, but I gotta abide by the Jonagold law. I'm breaking up with you. Bye!
by neitherevernornever August 28, 2020
My half-nephew-in-law is a good person.
by Elivaldeq November 24, 2019