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[Ebony]

I almost stayed out of this, but I'm curious...

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., puddlemereunited at y... wrote:
> But I do hope that next time you do spend those extra five minutes 
> doing something more productive such as polishing up your own
> argument as to why fanfiction must revolve around relationship 
problems that are either too smutty or too boring to be used on soap 
operas.
> 
> I do not think it necessary to deal with sex in a fanfiction.  You
> say that all teenagers think about sex and want to have sex. I 
disagree.

After reading this entire thread, I have a burning question...

How many HP fanfics have you actually *read*, Evelyn?  

Over the past year and a half, I'm sure I've read thousands of fan 
short stories and novel chapters.  Thousands--I think I've read the 
entire first half of the Harry Potter section of fanfiction.net, and 
then scores on top of that.  First because I was fascinated by the 
phenomenon--I'm finishing my MA in composition and rhetoric, and I 
considered writing about "virtual" discursive formation in teens and 
young adults, focusing on HP online fandom.  Later because I grew to 
know and like a lot of the people "pottering" around the fandom.

And I must say that HP definitely runs the gamut... the average age 
of a Harry Potter fanfiction writer is significantly younger than 
that of those in older, more established fandoms, but the quality and 
scope of fan interpretation is quite broad.  There's really something 
for everyone... every character and nuance of canon has been touched 
upon... and there are PLENTY of Harry Potter fanfics with even less 
sexual innuendo than canon ("Can I see Uranus, Lavender?").

Word of caution:  Be very careful when making broad generalizations.

--Ebony AKA AngieJ