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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2012-06-18 02:42 pm
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2012-06-18 02:42 pm
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And It Better Have Typos
So yesterday while explaining fanfiction to Dad,* I had a curious little epiphany:
If I ever do get this book published, and nobody slashes these two particular characters in new and terrifying ways that would never occur to either of the characters, or to me, I will be very disappointed in the internet.
Never did understand the writers who were against it. Me, I just know I’ve got the master copy in my head,** and whatever crazy fans do with it is gravy. Sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes hilarious gravy.
*He read an article about Fifty Shades of Grey. You know, one of those articles that is shocked—SHOCKED I TELL YOU—to find out that older women are interested in reading SEXY SEX WRITING ABOUT SEX.
ME: Clearly the author of this article does not spend a lot of time on fanfiction sites, or they’d find out that Grey is a typical bit of it.
DAD: What is this “fanfiction” you speak of?
**This is also true of all works that are not mine, of course. Nobody has the correct version of Star Wars but me.
If I ever do get this book published, and nobody slashes these two particular characters in new and terrifying ways that would never occur to either of the characters, or to me, I will be very disappointed in the internet.
Never did understand the writers who were against it. Me, I just know I’ve got the master copy in my head,** and whatever crazy fans do with it is gravy. Sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes hilarious gravy.
*He read an article about Fifty Shades of Grey. You know, one of those articles that is shocked—SHOCKED I TELL YOU—to find out that older women are interested in reading SEXY SEX WRITING ABOUT SEX.
ME: Clearly the author of this article does not spend a lot of time on fanfiction sites, or they’d find out that Grey is a typical bit of it.
DAD: What is this “fanfiction” you speak of?
**This is also true of all works that are not mine, of course. Nobody has the correct version of Star Wars but me.
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But you can't just leave it at that - I'm dying to hear the conversation after:
"DAD: What is this "fanfiction" you speak of?" *g*
(I can just about picture my father's face if I ever tried to explain slash...! >XD)
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"But he's not a vampire."
"... Right, since this is a published work, she had to file the serial numbers off, so she changed his name and de-vampired him, but originally it was him."
"So she was writing about somebody else's stories?"
"Yeah, people do it if they think it should've ended differently, or if there was an idea in a story that didn't get enough attention and they want to expand on it, or basic 'what-if' scenarios, or if they want to insert themselves in to interact with the characters ..."
"But it all leads back around to sex in this one!"
"Now you're getting it!"
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