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

[Tiffany B. Clark]

> Carol responds:
> 
> Thanks, both of you. Sometimes, I feel as if I'm wandering in an
alternate universe just reading these posts about fanfic! Which
reminds me, I just arrived at a brilliant insight: I'll bet that the
term "slash" fanfic relates to the slash between the pairings, as in
Sirius/Remus (Sirius-slash-Remus), in which case, Harry/Hermione
(Harry-slash-Hermione) ought to be "slash," too, yet it's merely a
SHIP (relationSHIP, right?) Or am I way off-base here?

Carol, who doesn't plan to read any fanfic but is interested in the
terminology and its derivations

Tiffany:

Some fanfic can seem like it was straight from the alternate universe, 
esp. Bizzaro World in terms of quality & being faithful to the source 
material.  I don't mind a good piece of fanfic & have read more than my 
share of it, but there's a lot of inferior quality material around also.