Some interesting issues are raised here. My personal position is:
* fictional character fan-fic - pretty much anything goes except paedophilia, by which I mean older characters preying on underage children. Even though the fictional characters may be wearing an actor's image, there is still a clear boundary between the real person and the character.
* RPF including RPS - A much greyer area. We are using real people's names and when that person is - like Colin Morgan - uncomfortable with the idea of that usage, then I think it is disrespectful to do so. And what about a RP's mother reading it? Or his brother or his child? This is why I am uncomfortable with RPF. I think there are some privacy issues here.
I have never commented to this effect on a fic, though, because I don't think that is the way to make the point. I know that there are many high-quality RPF fics that have been written but, like paparazzi shots of intimate moments, for me this is a boundary too far.
Re: FPF: Hmm, I know what squicks me in fic, and I know the kind of stuff that makes me go "ahhhh my eyes, who the hell let you in fandom???", but I haven't really figured out yet where my "oh hell to the no, wtf wtf" line is yet. I'll have to think about that
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I have to admit that in FPF the thing that hacks me off most is appalling grammar from those whose first language is English. I mean, someone writing in a second language obviously gets a lot more leeway
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To go back to the Colin Morgan example, he'd probably be uncomfortable knowing there's fic real person written about him and his costars, but he's also uncomfortable with his character getting paired with others in FPF.
I'm glad you said FPF and not FPS, because I don't think Colin just feels weird about the slash. I think he feels weird about the whole idea of people writing fanfiction, erotic fanfiction at that, about his character, getting it on with any other character (male OR female).
Just wanted to give my opinion on that. Fanfiction is still quite a touchy thing for some folks. And I understand.
Yeah. Though I guess the first fan-fiction every teenager makes up is probably RPF self-insertion, don't you think? Don't we all start thinking, "What if I met < insert public figure of your dreams > and started talking with him and he thought I was cool and then...
Bet there wouldn't be many people who hadn't lain in bed at night thinking up something like that!
* fictional character fan-fic - pretty much anything goes except paedophilia, by which I mean older characters preying on underage children. Even though the fictional characters may be wearing an actor's image, there is still a clear boundary between the real person and the character.
* RPF including RPS - A much greyer area. We are using real people's names and when that person is - like Colin Morgan - uncomfortable with the idea of that usage, then I think it is disrespectful to do so. And what about a RP's mother reading it? Or his brother or his child? This is why I am uncomfortable with RPF. I think there are some privacy issues here.
I have never commented to this effect on a fic, though, because I don't think that is the way to make the point. I know that there are many high-quality RPF fics that have been written but, like paparazzi shots of intimate moments, for me this is a boundary too far.
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Re: FPF: Hmm, I know what squicks me in fic, and I know the kind of stuff that makes me go "ahhhh my eyes, who the hell let you in fandom???", but I haven't really figured out yet where my "oh hell to the no, wtf wtf" line is yet. I'll have to think about that ( ... )
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I'm glad you said FPF and not FPS, because I don't think Colin just feels weird about the slash. I think he feels weird about the whole idea of people writing fanfiction, erotic fanfiction at that, about his character, getting it on with any other character (male OR female).
Just wanted to give my opinion on that. Fanfiction is still quite a touchy thing for some folks. And I understand.
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Bet there wouldn't be many people who hadn't lain in bed at night thinking up something like that!
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