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Date: 2014-12-30 05:59 am (UTC)That's just the kind of statement that sends the more die-hard fanboys into a snit. They insist with perfect earnestness that a unified canon is EVERYTHING and the story belongs to the AUTHOR and how DARE we contradict the AUTHOR and I'm like oh, give me a break. *eyeroll*
I've totally changed the story based on reader suggestions, though that was for in-the-process stories like fanfic. I'm not above retrofitting if the situation should come up, though.
Iroh's being a traitor would have been one of those classic situations where a story is too clever for its own good. Sure there's a twist, but it's pointless because the story has been gutted of emotional resonance and meaning. It's the kind of thing Filmcrit Hulk rants about (in ALL CAPS) all the time.