Fanfic (was: Filk-Haters)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 15562

Caius Marcius said:

> If one were to examine the surviving works of the great Greek
> tragedians, we would be at a loss to discover a single original story
> among them.  Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides based their immortal
> theatrical dramatizations on the pre-fabricated creations of their
> culture's mythology. In other words: FANFIC!!!!!
> 
> And the same is true of Shakespeare, who has at best two original
> stories (i.e., The Tempest and Love's Labours Lost) among his entire
> 37-play (give or take) output.

::evil grin:: So...that means that, while JKR will have disappeared in 2500,
HP Fanfic will still be around? ::jumps for the keyboard and keeps typing::

--John