Yes, precisely. Fanfiction is, by definition, an AU, an act of imagination. Why shouldn't an author's imagination extend to envisioning Character XYZ's adulthood? Are authors who age up characters in G-rated fics doubly closeted pedophiles? It's such an odd assertion to make when there alternate explanation is so obvious.
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Date: 2019-07-02 07:37 pm (UTC)