[HPforGrownups] Character Analysis (WAS:Fanfiction/speculation)

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 31253


 
  "Hillman, Lee" <lee_hillman at urmc.rochester.edu> wrote: 
<snip>
>I know folks have had the fanfic/canon discussion before, but >I still find
>it interesting that people draw out elaborate speculations >and theories and
>in some ways stray well out of what canon confirms, but >because they don't
>explore their ideas in a narrative, they don't call it >fanfiction, and they
>state that they don't read fanfic.
>To me, writing fanfic in the HP verse is one way of >organizing my thoughts,
>theories, and speculations into a framework that takes into >account as much
>of canon as we've been given, and addresses those issues and >questions which
>are left unanswered at the present.


For me, it's much the same. First, I didn't really like the thought of reading fan fiction and I couldn't tell any more when and how exactly I got into it, first reading and then writing. 

But what finally appealed to me was that every bit of ff, regardless of length, topic, quality etc., is always a very personal interpretation of the HP characters, unless of course all the ff characters have in common with the canon characters is the name.

IMO, writing ff is as good a means of character interpretation or plot speculation as some of the really brilliant step-by-step analyses (yes, yours, Luke!) we have been fortunate enough to read on this list. It's a question of how your mind is working. I personally find it much easier to write e.g. a Snape-monologue, making him explain all about his past, than putting together an organized analysis.

Susanna/pigwidgeon37


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