[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP fan Fiction

[Sharon Hayes]

Alla said:
I came to fanfic world (as a reader, not a writer)
for two reasons.
The first one is probably very common for many
people - I could not
stand the long wait between GoF and OOP ( I read
first four books
somewhere in 2001) and started to look for stories
to read. Second
one is more specific - I wanted to read
Snape/Sirius slash which I
knew I will never get in canon.
<SNIP>

And of course there are plenty of stories with
awful, just awful
plots and characterisations. Why do authors are so
intent on writing
so many Mary Sues, eh? I have no answer.

Sharon:

Thanks for your reply. I thought Slash referred to
homoerotic ff, so I guess I had the wrong end of
the stick there, thanks for clearing that up. I
will check out those authors you suggest. I am
still not sure though, just what a Mary Sue is --
from what I can gather, it's a perfect character,
right? Like someone who's the perfect hero with no
flaws?  Sorry for my ignorance.

Personally I am drawn (surprise, surprise) to the
Draco/Hermione ff, simply because I yearned to see
Draco redeemed in the books and there is lots of
fic where Hermione helps him redeem himself. Mind
you, I haven't read all that much ff as yet. But I
am working on it!  Some of the authors, as you
say, are so completely inept at writing complete
sentences, grammar, syntax, and many of them don't
get the "feel" of the character well enough so
they're completely unbelievable.

Sharon, who is from Oz and can't wait to visit
London and Edinburgh next year.


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