Fanfic rant

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Terry James" 
<terryljames at h...> wrote:
> OK, somebody point me to the canon---CANON--where Hermione is 
referred to as 
> "Mione".  Now, I'm the first to admit that my canon is not 
anywhere near 
> perfect, and I may have forgotten it--unlike most, I haven't 
memorized the 
> books (yet!)  But I just...don't...think...it's there.  If it is, 
it's a 
> one-line reference where Ron is talking with his mouth full.
> 
> So why do all the little fanfic-ers feel *compelled* to use it!  
Grrr.


Sorry, but the only thing resembling a nick-name for Hermione, I can 
remember is "Hermy" (for Grawp's benefit).

Anyway, I thought that the whole point of fanfic is that it *isn't* 
canon.  If the writers were satisfied with everything JKR has 
written, they wouldn't feel the need to write it and promote their 
own agendas as far as the Potterverse is concerned.  I used to read 
it for a while, long ago, and was consistently frustrated because I 
mistakenly thought that the writers were actually trying to write in 
JKR's style and stay faithful to the canon.  They weren't and they 
didn't.  The idea seems to be to "tweak" the characterization and 
the canon in a "what if" sort of way.  This way, the author gets the 
power to make the story go their way, rather than JKR's.

Anyway, I do agree with you about "'Mione" and I suspect that if 
anyone dared address JKR's Hermione in this manner, she'd hex them 
into next week (and rightly so, IMO).  If this sort of thing bugs 
you, then I recommend doing what I do, skipping the fanfic, and re-
reading canon over, and over, and over......

Jo Serenadust