I've never thought about the purposes of fanfiction versus original fiction in quite these terms before, but this is totally spot-on. What I enjoy reading in fanfic is not generally what I also enjoy reading in something original -- e.g. overwhelmingly, I read pairings in fanfic but prefer gen in origific, and when I read original stories that contain all of the tropes I usually love in fic, they rarely have the same impact. The before/after and I see what you did there moment are missing.
Tangentially: om nom nom, analysis chocolate cake. :)
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Date: 18 Dec 2009 06:30 am (UTC)Tangentially: om nom nom, analysis chocolate cake. :)