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Fanfiction - Good or Evil?
Cyclone Jack:
I have written a tiny bit of fanfic. Back in the deeps of Dr. Who hiatus -- when the idea of the shows return was almost ridiculously optimistic -- I dabbled in it here and there. Those pieces were the first things I ever dared share with an audience. Their complimentary acceptance was a huge morale builder for the idea that maybe I could write a fair stick.
When Firefly was cancelled, I wrote this: Burnt. It was originally meant to be the prelude to a much longer tale called Little Man Loved Fire, about the incident Early casually mentions in 'Objects In Space'. However, by that point, I was neck deep in my own writing and didn't have time for fanfic.
Both of those, however, were cancelled shows. What are the fans of cancelled/ended media supposed to do? The property is lying fallow and unused, and it is much loved. It would be silly if people didn't try and continue it.
That said, I think it only respectful to follow the wishes of the creator of the property. This is not a legal opinion -- it's a question of manners.
Yeratel:
Here's an interesting link to the most notorious case of What Not To Do In Writing Fan Fiction: http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004162.html
Just out of curiosity I went over to www.fanfiction.net to see what was out there from the Dresdenverse. There are 80 some odd (some very odd) Dresden files stories out there, most based on the characters as written in the TV show (evidently lots of Bob fans out there). In contrast, there are about a quarter of a million Harry Potter tales, which mostly seem to be concerned with who's snogging who.
BolshevikMuppet:
--- Quote from: Jan1228 on May 27, 2007, 09:27:34 PM ---For my own 2¢ I like slash fan fiction when I can find someone who writes well.
BTW, does anyone know where I could find Dresdenverse slash?
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No, I don't, but I'm now damn tempted to write some. I just can't figure who. Thomas and someone. But who? Like......hmm. -Ponders.- Gimme a few days; I'll get back to ya. -wink-
Yeratel:
--- Quote ---For my own 2¢ I like slash fan fiction when I can find someone who writes well.
BTW, does anyone know where I could find Dresdenverse slash?
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: BolshevikMuppet on May 28, 2007, 12:21:27 AM ---No, I don't, but I'm now damn tempted to write some. I just can't figure who. Thomas and someone. But who? Like......hmm. -Ponders.- Gimme a few days; I'll get back to ya. -wink-
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Browsing the titles in Dresden fanfiction turns up some homoerotic stuff about Thomas, but I didn't look to see who it was with. There's any number of slash Harry Potter stories listed in multiple permutations, Harry/Ron, Harry/Draco, Snape/Draco, Hermione/Jenny, ad nauseum.
Cyclone Jack:
Whew. Idly flipping through that fanfiction.net reminded me of the biggest reason not to write fanfic: to keep from being associated with the pathetic ramblings of lonely, horny teenagers.
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