Fanfic

[jaebility]

Everyone and their pet donkey has heard of the wank involving Diana Gabaldon and the evil that is fanfic by now so I'm late jumping onto the bandwagon, but I just gotta say that damn, that woman is tripping balls crazy.

If I ever get published, I'd consider fanfic about my book an honor greater than any award. Because it means that not only do people like your stuff, they're inspired by it.

Fanfic is awesome! It gives me new ways to explore the characters, situations, worlds. It keeps that universe open and alive. And where else am I going to read about mpreg? Come on!

Also, if I get published, I will read the hell out of any fanfic for my stuff. In fact, I'm going to write my own. One of the amazing things about fanfic is that it allows you to write characters in ways that you couldn't get away with in profic. That is, there are tropes that are acceptable for fanfic that aren't for profic.

...I might have already planned out some fanfic. I can neither confirm nor deny that I've worked out a gender!switch story.

Comments

[roderick]

I happened to find this comment by someone on her blog rather amusing:

Ms. Gabaldon: When you decided to make your Lord John a descendant of *THE* Earl Grey, did you happen to ask any of the Earl's descendants if they wanted their forefather to be related to a fictional sodomite*? But hey-- these are only real people whose lives you are re-writing, not precious fictional characters.

Funny that Gabaldon didn't respond, lol.

[nan]

If I ever become pro and have my own fandom, I will totally have a sockpuppet and start shipping wars. >D

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Well, you know I agree. But I gotta say, people's reactions to her stance are rapidly becoming almost as annoying as said stance itself.

Good reaction: "Oh well, too bad, that's disappointing; different strokes for different folks. Good thing I know I'm not a rapist, and that if you thought hard about it, you probably didn't mean to call me one." Bad reaction(s): "Oh yeah? Well...you're a porno-writing hypocrite who admits you were sort of thinking of Doctor Who, so that makes me exactly the same as you barring the money, neener neener neener!" "Bawwwwww, big BAYbee!" "Oh, you must be new. Didn't you get the memo about sharing with the group?"

Guess not. (Shrugs) Yeah, it bees that way, sometimes. And the only reaction any of us can control, to anything, is our own.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

...I do like the idea of writing your own fanfic, though! Can I steal that?;)

[wounded-melody.livejournal.com]

Amen.