I know it's a form of flattery, but a part of me prefers to retain the right to tell a fanficcer when s/he has gone over the line. I'm not worried about competition so much as the creation of a fanon that overrides the original work. I'm sure you can name fanon as quickly as I can that does this, to the point that I've met folks who don't like the orignial series because it doesn't fit with their introduction. Not saying I would slap down fanficcers in general (and I doubt, for the most part, that I'd get fanfiction, so this is mostly academic), but I'd like to have the ability and perhaps more importantly, have that request/ownership respected as such.
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Date: 12 Apr 2005 12:41 pm (UTC)