[HPFGU-OTChatter] the whole fanfiction debate

[jeri]

<< I just had a point I wanted to throw out here -- >>

Abbie, congrats on saying something that most people fear to say in a fandom *g* (She's right, too: these *are* just characters!)

I can't speak very much about HP fanfic, as I've only read a few stories. But I can speak for fanfic in general, since I'm very involved in fanfic in the X-Files fandom. There's a LOT of stuff out there, and most of it I don't read. There are pairings that just make me scream "WHY?!" and stories that seem to say more about the author than they do about the characters they supposedly portray (Mulder and Scully on crack at a rave? I think not!). There are great writers who know the characters and canon of the show inside out and backwards. There are damn pitiful writers, too, who make you question the state of English classes in American schools (most XF fic comes from Americans).

But the one thing that all of these kinds of stories have in common is that they have the RIGHT TO EXIST. If you don't like PWP NC-17 stories, then avoid them. If a certain pairing gives you the heebiejeebies, avoid it. If you demand proper grammar and punctuation, ignore stories by authors not as nitpicky as you. But don't ever say that those things you dislike don't have a right to be put up on the web and be seen by all of humanity. And don't presume that your way of writing is the only way that perfection could ever be achieved. I guarantee for every story you find that is "unbearable", there's someone who thinks your writing is equally crappy.

And just to prove that I'm not talking outta my butt, all my fanfic can befound on my website: http://www.themajestic3.com (look for jeri's fanfic, because I share the site 2 friends). Two of my stories are finalists in this year's Spookys (*the* primo fanfic award for Philes: http://spookys.xfilesfanfiction.com ). I'm not the greatest writer ever, no sireebob, but I do know what I'm talking about.

jeri
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