User blog comment:Weavillain/What Are Your Goals as a TLH Fanfic Writer?/@comment-4618045-20171030172901

That’s a sweet list you’ve got there. I will admit that you’ve done an effective job at fulfilling each of the goals you laid out for yourself.

As for myself, I have several things I want to achieve (though I’ll leave the question of execution or quality of purpose to others)

1) To try and fill in certain gaps within the lore. I know that not everything will be viable with what would happen in canon, but I want to at least make it a little interesting.

2) To give each character a fair, human treatment. While I think the characters on the show are well-written, I want to flesh them out even more, to provide insight into their motivations and maybe even surprise a few people.

3) To show that the world doesn’t revolve around Lincoln. Again, I commend the show for taking this direction on its own, but I want to go a step further in establishing that the pros and cons of living in a big family don’t just affect one person. Each of these unique characters have their own perspective and ways of dealing with both their personal problems and their gripes of having to share one bathroom (among other things).

4) I think this is more for myself than anything else, but I want to give Leni a sense of dignity I don’t think she gets too much of. Yes, she’s a fan favorite, but a lot of her appeal comes from how ditzy she is. After all, how can you despise someone when they’re always trying their best and do it with a smile on their face? My problem with that, though, is that I feel like a lot of people view her as someone to look at rather than one to go to for help (although people will talk about how nice she is and how her head is more than just air). But as a Leni fan, Ive been disappointed by how little people try to get inside her mind and try to understand what caused her to think a certain way. And even though she seems happy, maybe she does think about how she never babysits or maybe she puts a ton of thought into her “more than just air” mentality. I think in that regard, Leni deserves her fair due. I want to try to see how deep I can get inside her mind and form a psychology for her (even if I’m WAY off the mark). And besides, maybe it would be entertaining?

Anyway, those are my major goals as a writer