[HPforGrownups] Fanfiction for Grownups?

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 30190


 
  puddlemereunited at yahoo.co.uk wrote: 
>I wonder if anyone else has noticed the paucity of mature HP 
>fanfiction?  It seems to me that most Harry Potter fanfiction 

>(for 
>that matter most general fanfiction) is more concerned with >venting 
>the libidinous instincts of the creator rather than paying >homage to 
>the original work.

As I already wrote in another post today, the quality of FF varies enormously, as does the quality of literature in general. And not only the literary quality, but also the closeness to the original characters. As far as I am concerned, I think that *all* authors are being very scrupulous about their stories' rating, so it is easy to skip anything beyond PG.

As for the characters' sex life: We have it from JKR herself, that not all teachers are unmarried, so at least some of the adult characters are bound to lead a life not entirely devoted to sprituality and studies. And the students, well, as Saitaina said, they are teenagers and I'm afraid that their minds are more occupied by the opposite (in most cases) sex than by Professor Binns's boring lessons on History of Magic.

What I like so much about reading and writing FF is that it always, even if it is very far-fetched or OOC, allows us a glimpse at the FF author's very own interpretation of plot and characters. And last but not least, writing is *always* more or less evidently linked to the author's personality. If she/he has to come to terms with her/his sexual fantasies, I think it is as acceptable as JKR's imaginative universe- there's a lot of people out there who find it as condemnable as you find some FF. 

Anyway, I'm curious to read your stories.

Susanna/pigwidgeon37

  



 
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