Poll: FanFiction, your opinion
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Last night me and my friends were reading and discussing the godawful fan-fic "My Immortal" over Facebook. let that say what it will.
Aside from that I've never really read much of it. I mean if I was an author I'd like to think I'm the only person who can properly write about my characters and setting (and I certainly wouldn't like to think that someone out there is writing multiple pgaes of my creations having hardcore sex).
Aside from that I've never really read much of it. I mean if I was an author I'd like to think I'm the only person who can properly write about my characters and setting (and I certainly wouldn't like to think that someone out there is writing multiple pgaes of my creations having hardcore sex).
There are a lot of people who can't wirte for crap who think they can make a great fanfiction and wind up creating shambling abominations. Then there are people who can write and make good stories. Everything else is meh. It's kind of like the published world except for the lowest ranks go several orders of magnitude lower since there is barrier to entry.
Fan Fiction is fun. It gives people a chance to have fun with the characters. The only problem I can think of is if one person writes a bad Fic, your opinion of the media surrounding the story might change.
Also, if it's a show or movie it might be hard to capture what the scene would be like. I would want a cool Fan Fic of any show or cartoon that has been animated quite well. That would be fun.
Also, if it's a show or movie it might be hard to capture what the scene would be like. I would want a cool Fan Fic of any show or cartoon that has been animated quite well. That would be fun.
Most of it's terribly written, but even if there was some with adequate English, I don't like the idea of fanfiction involving canon characters. If they make up characters to set in an established world, I guess I'd be alright with that.
A small portion is damn good. A large portion is forgettable. A small portion is goddamn awful. I trust that you are capable of forming your own opinion on the matter.
When you read some good stuff, check out that author, and any other authors they recommend.
Also, it is free.*
The first really good piece of fanfic I enjoyed was "Kid Dynamo". It featured a new character joining an existing group, but avoided a lot of Mary-Sue-isms, and was just an enjoyable read. Took the existing characters in some interesting directions, had some great turns of speech, entertaining plot twists, and has a permanent place on my hard drive.
Don't know who said it, but "Fanfiction is a culture's response when it's mythology is owned by corporations."
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When you read some good stuff, check out that author, and any other authors they recommend.
Also, it is free.*
The first really good piece of fanfic I enjoyed was "Kid Dynamo". It featured a new character joining an existing group, but avoided a lot of Mary-Sue-isms, and was just an enjoyable read. Took the existing characters in some interesting directions, had some great turns of speech, entertaining plot twists, and has a permanent place on my hard drive.
Don't know who said it, but "Fanfiction is a culture's response when it's mythology is owned by corporations."
*Internet access required, which may require additional fees, and/or ownership of Internet capable hardware.
I don't write fanfiction, but I do read it. And my opinion on the matter is pretty simple. What's the harm? What's it matter if someone writing at a publishable level (I've seen a few fics like this) decided to write their own version of Harry Potter, or, on the other end of the scale, if some horny teenager wrote some abomination filled with nothing but sex and a poorly strung together sequence of words that don't qualify as a plot?
It doesn't hurt anyone. Hopefully it brings some pleasure to the writer. And maybe it even finds an audience in people who liked the same show, or book, or whatever, and wanted to see the same thing the writer did.
I like to think of Darth Revan, from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as a woman for instance, since that's how I played her. I've read a few fics written with this in mind. I'll admit only one was good but so what? It didn't hurt anyone. It entertained me. So, why the hate towards fanficiton?
It doesn't hurt anyone. Hopefully it brings some pleasure to the writer. And maybe it even finds an audience in people who liked the same show, or book, or whatever, and wanted to see the same thing the writer did.
I like to think of Darth Revan, from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as a woman for instance, since that's how I played her. I've read a few fics written with this in mind. I'll admit only one was good but so what? It didn't hurt anyone. It entertained me. So, why the hate towards fanficiton?
Its largely inoffensive hobby for many fans of many different mediums and an interestingly difficult creative outlet depending on how close you want to stick with the canon.
I'll echo sentiments already expressed: Sturgeon's Law is very much in effect when it comes to this particular element of writing.
I'll credit it with keeping me from going totally mad during a rough patch in high school and for some reason I doubt that I'd have become as good at writing as I am without penning the odd piece of crap and having a smarter man tear it shreds. Although once I got to college, professors took that role with original fiction I'd penned (which was equally crap).
TL;DR - Its a harmless time waster if you're into that sort of thing.
I'll echo sentiments already expressed: Sturgeon's Law is very much in effect when it comes to this particular element of writing.
I'll credit it with keeping me from going totally mad during a rough patch in high school and for some reason I doubt that I'd have become as good at writing as I am without penning the odd piece of crap and having a smarter man tear it shreds. Although once I got to college, professors took that role with original fiction I'd penned (which was equally crap).
TL;DR - Its a harmless time waster if you're into that sort of thing.
I faik to see the difference between fanfiction, and authors who novelise games, movies, etc. Except that the later is actually worth reading and not a pile of 'Did...did I really read that right?"
Personally, I don't have much of a problem with the concept of fanfiction, it is the writing itself. I will gladly read a Halo fanfic that is a million pages long, as long as it is interesting and written well. otherwise, off it can fuck.
Personally, I don't have much of a problem with the concept of fanfiction, it is the writing itself. I will gladly read a Halo fanfic that is a million pages long, as long as it is interesting and written well. otherwise, off it can fuck.
well i often go on fanfiction and read some of it when i was board but i have one problem "people who think that some gay in a video game when there not" i mean look on fanfiction.com the most popular game writen about is kingdom hearts yes. At first i was like wow lots of people like kingdom hearts but then i find out that most of it is random pairings. Don't get me wrong i don't mind gays but there is some thing wrong when a 20-something year old man trys to have sex with a 15 year old boy.
Well I remember reading a fanfiction series about WoW. The writer just used the universe and came up with new characters and everything. it was very tongue in cheek humor and alot of inside gags. Best one I remember is when a Paladin said to the undead main character: "Go throw yourself into the Twisted Nether!" and he calmly repleyed "Been there, done that, got the breastplate, didn't work."
It was called Recognition I think.
OT: As long as it doesn't take itself serious and doesn't do it just for the weird sexual matchups, I think it can be a very fun thing.
It was called Recognition I think.
OT: As long as it doesn't take itself serious and doesn't do it just for the weird sexual matchups, I think it can be a very fun thing.
I once actually came across some Stargate fanfiction that was actually excellent...but then the woman's site got hacked an she never reappeared... =S
Perhaps the internet has it out for well-written fanfiction? =P
Perhaps the internet has it out for well-written fanfiction? =P
Fan fiction is pretty much terrible.
Wait, hold on, let me walk that one back a bit.
FANDOM attracts some pretty terrible people. Seriously, fans can ruin damn near anything good.
Fan fiction, in turn, empowers these fans by giving the illusion of creative control and voice to some of their creepy-ass urges or ideas.
So fan fiction is pretty much terrible, not because of something inherent to it, but because it's generally written by people who are themselves pretty much terrible.
Wait, hold on, let me walk that one back a bit.
FANDOM attracts some pretty terrible people. Seriously, fans can ruin damn near anything good.
Fan fiction, in turn, empowers these fans by giving the illusion of creative control and voice to some of their creepy-ass urges or ideas.
So fan fiction is pretty much terrible, not because of something inherent to it, but because it's generally written by people who are themselves pretty much terrible.
Most of it's crap, but there are exceptions. You'll find them easier to come across if you know where to look, I usually try to read stories about less popular characters, because, since there's less to go off of, the anther had to of had at least one original thought in their head, enough to form an opinion about a character nobody else talked about.
A lot of it's good for a laugh though...
A lot of it's good for a laugh though...
I dont like people who actually put it out. I dont care. Just as I dont think anyone really cares about mine. I dont actually write any of it, but I do have my own stories in my head. Any "fanfic" I do though, usually works within a lore, as opposed to altering it. For example, I have a complex story within The Elder Scroll games, but instead of making it that perhaps my character goes in and slays Ocato and destroys Mehrunes and rules the world...all the stuff in the games happens with some added context.