browngirl: (Minoan Lady)
browngirl ([personal profile] browngirl) wrote2012-04-30 10:17 am

RPS/Histfic/Banksian Fantasy Plotbunny

So my boyfriend and I were discussing fanfic, specifically authors who [eta ludicrously] view it as desecrating their children. I mentioned that I always want to ask those authors about, for instance, the people writing Batman's current adventures (none of whom are the current creators) or varied takes on stories such as the Arthurian Legend, and most of all about the works of dead authors.

He then spun a hilarious scene of Tolkien and Conan Doyle chatting in the afterlife about fanfic, with much eyebrow raising and waggling over the explicit stuff, and I giggled till I nearly fell out of my seat. So I pass the idea on to you, of two or more dead authors discussing fanfic of their works.
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[identity profile] rubynye.livejournal.com 2012-04-30 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
ACK. I'm sorry, honey -- I failed to get my tone across. I think authors who decry fanfic as being like desecrating their children (such as Robin Hobb, Anne Rice, and Diana Gabaldon) are full of shit being ridiculous, which is why I want to challenge them with "Okay, what about Batman and Arthurian stuff and Shakespeare and dead authors and stories based on the Bible and and and?"

But I'm sorry I made you feel bad, and I completely agree with your comments here. *hugs across the Internet*
Edited 2012-04-30 16:37 (UTC)