Out of curiousity, what don't you like about the idea of fanfiction?
It is simply not very aesthetically pleasing to my sensibilities. I suppose I could say it seems kind of pointless. I've never understood the fannish mentality. You could say I am an HP fan, but not a Fan. I adore HP, and I eagerly await the next book and movie. I will get very excited as that approaches. However, the Harryverse is a very small portion of my life. I have no desire to immerse myself in that world.
Plus at least 90% of it is probably crap, by Sturgeon's Law (probably more so, since these are amateurs with no editors). I don't doubt there are some gems, but I don't have the time or inclination to wade through the rest to find them.
I don't mean any of this personally. Fanfiction is no more strange than some of my own idiosyncracies, and I can appreciate its creativity. It's just not my thing.
BTW, the Wikipedia post on Fanfiction is interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanfiction
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Date: 2006-02-26 08:01 pm (UTC)It is simply not very aesthetically pleasing to my sensibilities. I suppose I could say it seems kind of pointless. I've never understood the fannish mentality. You could say I am an HP fan, but not a Fan. I adore HP, and I eagerly await the next book and movie. I will get very excited as that approaches. However, the Harryverse is a very small portion of my life. I have no desire to immerse myself in that world.
Plus at least 90% of it is probably crap, by Sturgeon's Law (probably more so, since these are amateurs with no editors). I don't doubt there are some gems, but I don't have the time or inclination to wade through the rest to find them.
I don't mean any of this personally. Fanfiction is no more strange than some of my own idiosyncracies, and I can appreciate its creativity. It's just not my thing.
BTW, the Wikipedia post on Fanfiction is interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanfiction