the whole fanfiction debate

[Starling]

I just had a point I wanted to throw out here --
everyone's making such a big deal out of the character's sexual preference,
and four letter words and such, and I just had a little lightbulb:
these characters are not real.  They exist in our heads.  That's why we love
them so.  (Sorry for anyone whose dream of attending Hogwarts I shattered.)
Fanfiction combines what's canon says is right about the characters with the
author's internal view -- and we all have that little mental picture of "how
it should be."  Since we're all different people with different views,
stands to reason that we'll come up with different visions -- a good thing,
otherwise fanfic would be horrifically boring, with everyone just rewriting
Hogsmeade weekends <g>

While I find this whole debate interesting, it also strikes me as a bit
unnecessary.  One reads what one likes.  Simple as that.  If you don't like
it, don't read it.  ::shrug::

On a lighter note, the second comic on this page (from my campus newspaper)
will most likely be amusing to many of us <vbg>
http://www.bupipedream.com/011120/funpage/index.html.  Enjoy!

Abbie, who made a concerted effort to capitalize in her post, fearing John
and Rock #47
starling823 at yahoo.com



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