The AU Character's Lament: A Sonnet

The AU Character’s Lament: A Sonnet

It’s a sad, lonely life: “Type: Alternate.”
People on Dear Mun approach you with care.
They never know if you’re legitimate
Or just some fan wanker, putting on airs.

Forget Baker Street, that pain in the ass!
Tags over there are a small victory.
It’s not long ‘til they drop, wank, or harass
Me because I’m not telling their story.

Games outright forbid me most of the time
Unless I’m someone else’s creation.
The canon PCs treat me like a crime
When their players lack imagination.

But I’m still here. And I am here to stay.
Every story can be told a new way!