[HPforGrownups] Re: Small FF reference; SHIP: H/H vs R/H

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 48764



Hi,

Monday, December 23, 2002, 7:01:04 PM, Penny wrote:

> Before I turn to the true shipping, let me comment on Susanne's
> comment:

> <<<It seems some people like some fanfiction characterizations so
> much,
> that when the "real" characters (JKR's) are different, the
> readers somehow feel betrayed.>>>>>

> Actually, I don't think that *has* happened so very much as yet,
> because there's been no new canon to challenge fanfic assumptions.  I
> think it almost certainly *will* happen though.  The true explosion in
> HP fanfic occurred after GoF.

I truly think it's already happened and FF has changed some
people's view on characters in retrospect.

I read many different HP forums, and have seen it mentioned
multiple times, that fan's perceptions of characters have
been influenced by the stories they read and that they now
like/dislike a character they didn't, before.

The long wait has given readers time to get immersed in all
sorts of alternate universes, some of them almost as long as
the canon books <g>.

I guess it can be hard to switch gears and get back to the
"real" thing, without being somehow influenced by alternate
characterizations, especially if someone really has their
heart set on a certain relationship that may not happen in
canon that way.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net