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fandomsecrets2008-04-29 05:27 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-04-29 05:27 pm
[ SECRET POST #480 ]
⌈ Secret Post #480 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 193 secrets from Secret Submission Post #069.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - more whining ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: 7.
Second is this concept that a story is a thing, a solid noun that can be kept by one person. I'm of the Russell T. Davies school of thought (or maybe the Neil Gaiman school of thought) where a story is a living, breathing thing that goes out into the world, and once that's done, it's not exactly the creator's anymore. Not that it doesn't belong to them, it certainly does. But regardless of that creatorship, they don't have control over what the fans see in the story. RTD mentioned a throw-away line in an episode of Doctor Who where the Master mentioned that he was present when the Daleks "took control of the Citadel." He said that he had a very clear idea of what that meant, but that it was never going to get shown. He then said that a couple thousand people saw that episode, and so now, there were a couple thousand ideas as to what that meant, and that was the beauty of telling a story--everyone's going to see it differently.
And that's the truth. Everyone will see a plot, line, character, or relationship a little differently. Fanfiction is certainly not an invasive action (although at this point, I'm tempted to chalk it up to the same thing as talking with my mum, and acknowledge that our brains just work on completely different wavelengths, and yours confuses and frightens me not just a bit). For one, most authors just don't read fic of their stories (for legal reasons). But it also doesn't infringe upon canon at all. Canon still sits there, pristine and untouched, for all that someone wrote a fic about Harry and Draco meeting in the Room of Requirements one night. And the number one arguement is simply, if you don't like it, don't read it.
And again with the arrogance thing--it is not that you don't understand or have a differing opinion. It is the way you express that.