Fanfic yes or no and why? + Food answers

[Joanne Collins]

>Hey, I'm finally posting something that (a) is related to Harry Potter 
>and (b) has nothing to do with food!

Yay :)

Oh, btw, I'll answer the food question to save posts here.

My oddest snack would have to be uncooked cake batter, licked from the
beaters and bowl. The rest finds the oven, naturally, I *love* cake (which
explains a lot), but I *have* to have some to lick up as well, or it's just
not the *same*.

Oh, and of course Vegemite. Nearly a requirement if you're Australian. I
love it, but in small amounts. Either on hot toast with melted yellow
spread for breakfast or on crackers with cheese.
	
And my favourite tea is Twinings Earl Grey.

>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 read fanfic, but I read slash exclusively so far in this fandom. I don't
have any trouble keeping that separated from canon whatsoever, but I
wouldn't have any problems keeping het or gen separated from canon either.
I actually have a very sharp dividing line between canon and fanfic in my
mind in all the fandoms I read fanfic in (there are several). I actually,
as a writer, though I haven't attempted Harry Potter yet, *need* that
division, so I know where I'm diverting, as I like to base my fanfic on
canon events, but put the slash twist on them.

The pairings I see as possible (not canonical, just I can see where it's
coming from) are: Remus/Sirius and Harry/Ron. And the character I most want
to see slashed who isn't is Bill Weasley. I absolutely fell head over heels
for him in GoF, for some reason. Probably my thing for redheads. I also
like many other pairings, Harry/Draco, Fred/George, etc. I'm not terribly
into f/f slash in this fandom, mostly because I don't see Hermione as a
sexual creature, and if I did, I think I'd see her with a man.

Joanne.