FF: What *are* fan works? (was: Magic Carpets)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 11886

Hi, Steve and all!

The Lexicon designer wrote about his history of magitransport:

>Naw. That was a parody, not fanfic. <snip>
>That wasn't fanfic. And it IS posted, on the Lexicon, part of the
>Hogwarts Journal, which is also where all these wonderful filk songs
>are being published, along with some other excellent parodies. And
>the Lexicon gets more than fifty hits per HOUR in the afternoons, so
>hah. Read my lips. NOT FANFIC.

Aha!  Thou doth protesteth too much...

The Lexicon is a wonderful resource, Steve.  I have it bookmarked.  You've 
done a splendid job on it.

But your Lexicon contains material that is just as much fanwork as so-called 
"fanfiction".

There are many, many HP parodies on ff.net.  Just as there are many filks 
much like Caius' work on ff.net.  (I'd love for Caius to score any HP 
Broadway musical, BTW.)  Parodies and filks might not be considered 
fanfiction per se, but they are still fan works and appropriately 
categorized under fan fiction.

Steve then wrote:
>So what's this about reviews?

If you visited ff.net's home page, you'd find out.  Here's a link:

http://www.fanfiction.net/master.cfm?action=story-listfiles&categoryID=224

Beware!  Click on the above link at your own risk.

Corrupting the fandom with a friendly smile,

Ebony

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