Re: Fan fiction in general was: MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

[sistermagpie]

Alla:
> Anyways, what I am trying to say that I prefer characters to be 
> recognizable, that is only my view of course, but if I want to read 
> about characters that do something totally not canonical, I will go 
> pick up original writing, you know?

Magpie:
Oh, I agree--though I think different people have different things 
that will pull them out of a story depending on what they've already 
got in their heads. Which is why it's great that there's a lot of 
fanfic and they all come with labels that say "this is the kind of 
story where X happens..." Because people don't read fanfic for the 
same reason they read original fic imo. There are some wildly crazy 
things I can work with, while some minor thing will throw me out of 
the story.

It's like I always remember reading this post about keeping the 
characters recognizable and canonical and in character, otherwise it 
wasn't them etc. The characters shouldn't do stuff they didn't do. But 
then for fun I looked to see what this person wrote: Harry/Snape 
slash. Err...so these two would have sex after class in the Potions 
room? I wouldn't think so...

But the thing is I know what the author meant. She was paying 
attention to character details. But Harry/Snape was an adjustment she 
had no problem making.:-)

-m