Fanfic (was: Filk-Haters)

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 15563

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> Caius Marcius said:
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides based their immortal
> > theatrical dramatizations on the pre-fabricated creations of their
> > culture's mythology. In other words: FANFIC!!!!!

> 
> ::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::
> 

It is interesting - especially in light of the controversy over canon-
Draco vs. fanfic Draco - to note the wide range of variability that 
the Greek tragedians demonstrated in portraying their characters. 
Compare, for example, the noble and heroically anguished Orestes of 
Aeschylus' Eumenides with the psychotic and sociopathic Orestes of 
Euripides (in the play of the same name). 

  - CMC