HP Fanfic Makes Muggle News

[selah_1977]

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From: selah_1977
Subject: HP Fanfic Makes Muggle News
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6282] "A Sirius Affair"
Date: 8/8/00 5:53 pm  (ET)

Apologies to all PoU list members, who received this last night...

Seen on the Entertainment page of this week's U.S. News and World
Report. Right underneath an article about "Watching the English channel"
(about the BBC)--in the Ask Dr. Hip column--

--------(p. 58, U.S. News and World Report, 8/14/2000)--------
Q: I love Harry Potter so much that I wrote my own story about him. Are
there others like me?

A: Your people gather online. Harry Potter thrives in the fan fiction
underworld, where true believers craft stories based on existing
characters--fanfiction.net alone has nearly 4,000 stories.

In fans' fervent imaginings, Harry and friends grow up, get married,
and even get stranded on an island *a la Survivor*. Unlike *Star Trek*
and *X-Files* fanfic, the stories avoid risque liasions, though in one,
pal Hermione carries Harry's love child.

Most writers prefer chaste adventure or starry-eyed romance, and favor
such florid prose
as, "I think we could do anything," Hermione whispered... felt Harry's
hand gently cup her cheek, and his lips softly touch hers.
------------

I laughed SO hard at what the general impression of HP fandom must be,
and had to share.

And as far as the risque goes, that reporter certainly never read
"Paradigm of Uncertainty" or "A Sirius Affair". Lori, Penny, and Carole
aren't into florid purple prose, so... <g>

Which reminds me. I have a fanfic to beta-read... another to post my
two Galleons about (waves at Penny and Carole)... and about 350 messages
to peruse.

Ebony AKA AngieJ