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Y'all should check this out, since I can't remember ever reading an article about fanfic that wasn't horrifying or embarrassing or stupid or D all of the above. I mean, it agrees with what I personally think, so I'm inclined to like it? But whatever, just ignore the shitty artwork and focus on the fact that it's a pretty positive picture:
"It's human nature to press at the boundaries of stories, to scrabble at the edges, to want to know what's going on just out of range of the camera. Fan fiction teems with prequels and sequels, missing scenes restored and plot holes patched. It retells canonical stories from new points of view — the reverse-angle instant replay."
The Boy Who Lived Forever
The thing I love the most is how the author really goes into the idea of who creates a character -- and who has the "rights" to that character after it's been created. Lots of ideas that I've never seen articulated quite so coherently before. I mean sure, it's still mega weirdtastic that Time Magazine has this big article going "GUYS I TURNED THIS ROCK OVER AND LOOOOOOOK," but you know, we've gotten more and more of that over the years. I guess that dude was right: when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. But sometimes it gives you a fistbump, so.
ETA the best comment ever made about fandom, courtesy of (of course)![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hermette:"I feel like I just want to motorboat fandom today."
I feel like that almost every day, boo-bear.
"It's human nature to press at the boundaries of stories, to scrabble at the edges, to want to know what's going on just out of range of the camera. Fan fiction teems with prequels and sequels, missing scenes restored and plot holes patched. It retells canonical stories from new points of view — the reverse-angle instant replay."
The Boy Who Lived Forever
The thing I love the most is how the author really goes into the idea of who creates a character -- and who has the "rights" to that character after it's been created. Lots of ideas that I've never seen articulated quite so coherently before. I mean sure, it's still mega weirdtastic that Time Magazine has this big article going "GUYS I TURNED THIS ROCK OVER AND LOOOOOOOK," but you know, we've gotten more and more of that over the years. I guess that dude was right: when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. But sometimes it gives you a fistbump, so.
ETA the best comment ever made about fandom, courtesy of (of course)
hermette:"I feel like I just want to motorboat fandom today."I feel like that almost every day, boo-bear.
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It's weird, the longer I participate in fandom (and we're going to be hitting our 15th anniversary soon, so it's not like I'm a total newbie) the more it annoys me when authors tell me not to play with their characters. I'll respect it (to an extend: I won't write it, but I'll sure as hell read anything written that's good), but it's just, they aren't not going to read it, so why does it matter? Their stuff is still cannon! Why can't they just ignore us and let us try to fix the gaps while they're working on the next book/whatever? I mean, if they author had just paid more attention to x/y/z then I wouldn't have to be doing this in the first place! It's a compliment really! I still buy all your stuff, can't I play around with these cool people for free on my own time for just a little bit?
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when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. But sometimes it gives you a fistbump, so. ♥
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