Slut! Neville/FILK question

pippin_999 foxmoth at qnet.com
Thu Nov 13 01:45:58 UTC 2003


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Martha" 
<fakeplastikcynic at h...> wrote:

> Enough of this, before it gets overly icky, and a question or two 
> about filks:
> 
> 1) Do filks have to be set out like songs in a musical - you 
know, in 
> context and everything - or can I just write a song so it's about 
> something or someone, not meant for any specific character to 
sing?
> 

Oh, filks can be all kinds.  Check out CMC's Harry Potter filk site if 
you haven't already,

http://home.att.net/~coriolan/hpfilks.htm

Most of them originally appeared on the main list.

> 2) Do filks have to be based on rock-solid canon? (I have had 
an idea 
> you see, but it's certainly not canonical and I don't want to write 
> it unless I'm sure it's OK. It'll be about Slashfic-Sirius - the one 
> who is still at school and particularly promiscuous).

If you're posting on the main list, an   FF: prefix in the header will 
warn fanfic avoiders that it has more to do with  fanfic than 
canon. and FILK: of course. 

Happy Filking

Pippin
who hasn't filked nearly enough lately





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