I do write fanfic, though less these days since Idol has taken up so much of my time and inspiration.
It's one of the reasons I have a whole, separate Internet life, partly for discussions I wouldn't want to have over and over with friends and family. Most would just think it's silly.
OTOH, I am really, really proud of the fanfic poem I wrote based on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," so there's that. ;)
TV shows and movies, I don't worry about at all, regarding fanfic. I think it usually helps the source (in terms of attention and devotion) more than hurts it.
I don't generally partake of the literary-based fanfic (apart from the above), because there's such rich detail in the characters and writing style from the original author that it would be very hard to 1) duplicate the style, or 2) make anything more interesting than the author would already have written (my opinion, at least).
I don't want fanfic Thursday Next, I want Jasper Fforde to write more of it. Same for Smekday. Or not-- I already love what's there.
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It's one of the reasons I have a whole, separate Internet life, partly for discussions I wouldn't want to have over and over with friends and family. Most would just think it's silly.
OTOH, I am really, really proud of the fanfic poem I wrote based on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," so there's that. ;)
TV shows and movies, I don't worry about at all, regarding fanfic. I think it usually helps the source (in terms of attention and devotion) more than hurts it.
I don't generally partake of the literary-based fanfic (apart from the above), because there's such rich detail in the characters and writing style from the original author that it would be very hard to 1) duplicate the style, or 2) make anything more interesting than the author would already have written (my opinion, at least).
I don't want fanfic Thursday Next, I want Jasper Fforde to write more of it. Same for Smekday. Or not-- I already love what's there.
Dang, I thought this would be shorter. :O