Fanfic yes or no and why?

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
I'm curious about why people choose to read or not to read fanfic.  
> And how's the decision worked out?  (e.g. did you start reading fanfic 
> and wish you hadn't?  did you have your mind made up one way or the 
> other and then change it?)
	I've always, always made up fan fictions, only I didn't know it 
was called that. I tried to write an Oz book when I was twelve. Then I 
discovered the Lord of The Rings, then Star Wars. But it wasn't until I 
joined HPGU that I found out other people do this sort of thing...I 
thought I was =so= weird.I read PoU and a bunch of stories on ffnet, 
and then an HP story popped into my head and demanded to be written 
down. I think fanfiction's great. I've met a whole bunch of people I 
never would have met otherwise. And I =love= getting reviews.
	I don't think it ruins canon. It is a time honored method of 
interpretation and commentary. 
Pippin