Fanfic yes or no and why?

[pbnesbit at msn.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Hey, I'm finally posting something that (a) is related to Harry 
Potter 
> and (b) has nothing to do with food!
> 
> 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?)
> 
> Amy Z
> 
> --------------------------------------
>    "But won't they notice if you shut 
>  your ears in the oven door?"
>    "Dobby doubts it, sir."
>        -HP and the Chamber of Secrets
> --------------------------------------

I had just joined HPforGU and kept hearing about PoU, DD, DS, and 
ASA.  I hied my behind over to PoU, joined, was immediately hooked, 
and the rest is history.  I beta-read for a few folks and now I'm 
writing my own fanfic. 

I have no problem at all keeping canon and fanon characters 
straight.  The authors I read tend to write from canon, extrapolating 
what the characters might be like after graduation.

Peace & Plenty, 

Parker (who has a fan-fic reading list that's become quite long)