FF: Speculation - a matter of perspective)]

[mdartagnan]

No: HPFGUIDX 39013

Jo Serenadust wrote:
"I don't expect anyone who reads or writes fanfiction to 
change their minds about it based on my problems with it, and it 
really wasn't my intention to do so. I just wanted to explain why I 
find it to be too subversive in it's relationship to canon for me 
personally to enjoy."

Well, where I live, being "subversive" was a good thing for many 
years. :)
Anyway, as a fanfic writer and reader, I think I might understand 
how you feel. Personally, I don't read *anything* starring Harry, 
Ron and Hermione, nor anything that takes place on Hogwarts 
during books five, six and seven —though I am guilty of planning 
a slashy story that would take place during a "final battle" againt 
Voldemort... maybe because it's already an AU for me.
Why? It's not because those fanfics aren't good —God forbid I 
might insinuate that. It's just that, at least for me, that's a story 
that JKR will tell us (someday). And I want to read that first.
I am sure there are fanfics out there that already showed or 
hinted at what will happen, even if right now it might seem (for 
some of us) farfetched. Personally, I want JKR to surprise me 
first, and then I'll read those fanfics I've missed for years. But hey, 
that's just me.
Patience is indeed a virtue. -_-**


jferer wrote:
"I have to admit a lot of fanfiction does that, but that's only one 
kind of fanfiction. Other fics set out to explore and explain the 
universe JKR created, and try to be faithful to the Potterverse; so 
they don't explore the "books" themselves, but the universe and 
people 
described in the books."

Agreed. I am not trying to lure Jo into fanfic (honest!), but I find 
easier to enjoy plots that don't revolve around the main three 
characters. Fanfics that revolve around Remus or Sirius or 
Snape, or about the Hogwarts faculty... Many of those stories try 
to fill in the gaps, or to answer questions about things that 
happenned long ago, and yet they don't contradict canon since 
JKR hasn't addressed them yet  (like, for instance, who else 
knew about the Mirror of Erised? How would a meeting at the 
Faculty Room be?). 
 


Heidi wrote:
" Um, because nothing has happened to date to rule it out? 
Because JKR's sowed the seeds for a redemption for Draco, 
which would 
be a necessary precursor to such a thing happening?"

I think anything that revolves around Draco's redemption tends to 
be a bit subjective. Where some persons, like you, think that JKR 
has already "sowed the seeds" for it to happen, others might not 
see them —or at least, they won't become clearer until the next 
book is published.

Case in point: Yes, I do think Draco was somehow warning the 
Trio at the Quidditch World Cup. But for other persons, maybe he 
was just taunting them. Yes, I do think that all that Draco has is a 
tantrum because of Harry rejecting his friendship, but yes, I also 
hated his behavior at the end of GoF. And yes, I do believe he will 
be redeemed (though I, in this moment, don't think that it will be 
for love or friendship to Harry/Ron/Hermione)... but I would be 
happier if he wasn't redeemed. 
I mean, one of my all-time favorite characters, Long John Silver, 
wasn't redeemed. And that's why I like him so much.



jferer -again- wrote:
"Fanfic can distort, but so can discussion or any other medium. 
It's 
the potential power of the fic form that makes "character 
distortion" 
so disturbing. The further the author strays into controversial 
views 
of the characters the greater the burden to make it believeable."

Personally, I think that it's also due to its narration format. It's not 
the same to say "Snape is a vampire" (which automatically 
makes you think "yes because..." or "no because..." than reading 
a carefully crafted storyline that fills the blanks about his skin and 
the way he moves and about Remus' remark and that just 
happens to mention that a bat was one of the animals that had 
his "own" frame during the HP movie and, proportionally, more 
screen time than Scabbers. 
Narration, IMO, is able to seduce a reader, even with the 
strangest theory, a bit more than theorical discussion. 


Marijose / Altair
apologizing for her English. It's late here and I am sleepy. -_-