[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Fanfiction For Grownups-THE END?

[John Walton]

puddlemereunited at yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> Before coming to post I stopped over at Fanfiction.net and did a
> search for HP.  Of the first 10 stories to appear 8 were either Mary
> Sues, Plotless Slash, and Mindless Fluff (I read them to make sure).
> 80% is a majority.

Evelyn, your implied conclusion (that fanfiction is either MS, PWP or fluff)
is flawed. 

Fanfiction.net does NOT hold the best of HP fanfiction -- that can be found
at www.fictionalley.org, a site to which you have been directed repeatedly.
FFN holds a disproportionate number of fics which are preteens' first
attempt at writing -- of *course* they are going to be cliched! There is no
quality control there.

Imagine if someone said "oh, HP discussion groups are populated by anarchic
children who can't spell". That is true for the majority. *However*, if I
were to point you to the list of adult community resources at the Portkey,
it wouldn't be right for you to then come back and say "but still, the
majority are". We *know* a lot of fanfic (*especially at FFN*) is inane
childish waffle. That's fine -- the books are, after all, marketed for
children. We've pointed you repeatedly to where the good stuff is -- the
fanfiction that is a part of our community.

It's your own fault if you read mindless fluff in the HP section of
Fanfiction.net.

--John
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"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
--Albus Dumbledore

John Walton -- john at walton.vu
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