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philippos42) wrote2012-01-19 10:46 pm
philippos42) wrote2012-01-19 10:46 pm
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Well, I got lots of hostile & defensive blowback from my post on fanfic. I'm just accepting that I don't buy into the "fandom" mindset after all.
I mean, I appreciate fixfics (and have written one). But at some point it seems creepy to insist that these other people's characters are so important that you have to work with them and not your own. That said, that's mostly my own feelings, after spending way too long with certain characters (owned by a disreputable "publisher") on the brain. And this is for me. I want to be done with it.
OK, I might still might do some crossover memes for the crack value, if I get bored. And stuff. Maybe.
But I may just make up a new online identity, and if I write, write my own stuff, with my own characters. Because that's what Jerry Siegel did.
"Do not follow in the footsteps of the old men; instead seek what they sought."
I mean, I appreciate fixfics (and have written one). But at some point it seems creepy to insist that these other people's characters are so important that you have to work with them and not your own. That said, that's mostly my own feelings, after spending way too long with certain characters (owned by a disreputable "publisher") on the brain. And this is for me. I want to be done with it.
OK, I might still might do some crossover memes for the crack value, if I get bored. And stuff. Maybe.
But I may just make up a new online identity, and if I write, write my own stuff, with my own characters. Because that's what Jerry Siegel did.
"Do not follow in the footsteps of the old men; instead seek what they sought."