Ha, I'm not really trying to sabotage the plot--I've already started planning a character arc for her--but this group is just as much about fun as about the game. The party already has a Gorn giant lizard-man and a character that's basically Splinter from Ninja Turtles. I figure I might as well have fun since I have NO idea what I'm doing. Husband was doing all the stats for me last night : P
Large cat seems to have finally figured it out, hurrah!
I am personally much more comfortable with fanfic for group and ongoing creations like tv series than for a novel which is a single self contained piece of work by a single author. It feels rather less like trampling over the original story.I agree and disagree. I think the dividing line for me is when it crosses from 'random stand-alone novel' to 'part of the general cultural consciousness' like Jane Austen's works. Pretty much all of the Austen spinoffs I've seen look or are horrible (now there's a murder mystery series?) but I think at this point her books have started crossing
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I wonder if that's partly because there have been so many Austen adaptations?Somehow once something's been adapted and a slant put on it by directors and actors that wasn't the author's, it seems more like fair game.
Sounds like good d&d. An meant to be playing some with Spouse and Son at done point but they won't let me play am aquatic kobold ;-)
I haven't seen the second Game of Thrones yet; the show's being kind of ruined for me, so I may have to wait until later to watch it to avoid that. :(
I absolutely think authors not wanting to be shown fanfic is fair (I'd be mortified if most of my fics were found by people involved with the shows, and I think it'd be worse with a novelist). However, forbidding fans from creating fanworks is ignorant and heavy-handed, imo; you should want people to engage in your world. It means they care about it. I can't understand putting something out that requires an imaginative fan base in order to be successful, and then trying to dictate how much or little they can relate to the work. The authors who really piss me off, though, are the ones who encourage fanart and talk about the evils of fanfic.
Woot for D&D! :D I haven't played in ages, but it's such fun. :D
Me, too. I've really been looking forward to it. *sigh*
As a matter of fact, George R. R. Martin, who is outspokenly anti-fanfiction, has a gallery on his website of fanart that's been sent to him. If a writer wants to be against fanworks, fine, it's their prerogative; but be consistent, ffs.
Tyrion's smirk is killling me I'm too busy smiling to watch what he's saying. And DANY!
Ok, basically I was afraid in the book that I didn't like Dany because I was I dunno threatened by her sexuality. It was so awesooooome this time around!1
DW: I loved it! I am afraid for the end result but it was amazing. But the timey-wimeys can be too hard to digest for first-time watchers maybe? Make them watch next Saturday as well!
Naya as Johanna would be awesome. Can we have a cameo in the first movie?
I think I was sort of neutral about Dany in the first book (only one I've read). Her arc is pretty cool, but I don't remember enough of the details to have an opinion either way.
ahhhhh I just realized I will not be able to watch DW until Monday probably. argh!
I mostly agree with you on the author/creator and fanfiction. I certainly wouldn't wave fanwork under the author's nose, but I wouldn't not write it or share it, speaking generally. There are situations in which I might behave differently.
Fanfic should be encouraged. No, really! Just look at the Bible - all music, art, TV, film etc ad inifinitum is FANWORK. I leave the rest to your own brain. But nothing is never really new. Everything is inspired by something else.
A creator may make something original and put his or her name on it. There will be criticism and conparison. Recognition of age-old themes but also originality. That's good.
Making fanwork out of it without crediting the source is both stupid and illegal. Fanwork can be horrible, but also truly inspired. Good or bad, it's the best form of praise. A creator who can't handle that is still a good creator but not worth the praise.
There are several good authors who state "no fanfiction". Fair enough, it must be respected. But JK Rowling can live with it. They should remember that. Fanwork is good PR and a good way of developping ones creativity. Ask Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, among others.
So you do think, though, that if an author asks that we not write fanfic, we should respect their wishes?
Honestly? No.
But I'd probably do it, out of respect of their wishes.
I might also write a sour letter to said author, saying that if he/she couldn't live with fanfic:
1. They might as well write for no-one to see. 2. These are modern times. 3. Fanfic is the best praise there is (along with an exhaustive list of WHY). 4. People will do it anyway. 5. The author's ideas aren't new. 6. I'd never read anything by this author again.
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Large cat seems to have finally figured it out, hurrah!
I am personally much more comfortable with fanfic for group and ongoing creations like tv series than for a novel which is a single self contained piece of work by a single author. It feels rather less like trampling over the original story.I agree and disagree. I think the dividing line for me is when it crosses from 'random stand-alone novel' to 'part of the general cultural consciousness' like Jane Austen's works. Pretty much all of the Austen spinoffs I've seen look or are horrible (now there's a murder mystery series?) but I think at this point her books have started crossing ( ... )
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Sounds like good d&d. An meant to be playing some with Spouse and Son at done point but they won't let me play am aquatic kobold ;-)
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I absolutely think authors not wanting to be shown fanfic is fair (I'd be mortified if most of my fics were found by people involved with the shows, and I think it'd be worse with a novelist). However, forbidding fans from creating fanworks is ignorant and heavy-handed, imo; you should want people to engage in your world. It means they care about it. I can't understand putting something out that requires an imaginative fan base in order to be successful, and then trying to dictate how much or little they can relate to the work. The authors who really piss me off, though, are the ones who encourage fanart and talk about the evils of fanfic.
Woot for D&D! :D I haven't played in ages, but it's such fun. :D
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There are authors who encourage fanart but not fic? Er . . .
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As a matter of fact, George R. R. Martin, who is outspokenly anti-fanfiction, has a gallery on his website of fanart that's been sent to him. If a writer wants to be against fanworks, fine, it's their prerogative; but be consistent, ffs.
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Ok, basically I was afraid in the book that I didn't like Dany because I was I dunno threatened by her sexuality. It was so awesooooome this time around!1
DW: I loved it! I am afraid for the end result but it was amazing. But the timey-wimeys can be too hard to digest for first-time watchers maybe? Make them watch next Saturday as well!
Naya as Johanna would be awesome. Can we have a cameo in the first movie?
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ahhhhh I just realized I will not be able to watch DW until Monday probably. argh!
Can we have a cameo in the first movie?
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A creator may make something original and put his or her name on it. There will be criticism and conparison. Recognition of age-old themes but also originality. That's good.
Making fanwork out of it without crediting the source is both stupid and illegal. Fanwork can be horrible, but also truly inspired. Good or bad, it's the best form of praise. A creator who can't handle that is still a good creator but not worth the praise.
There are several good authors who state "no fanfiction". Fair enough, it must be respected. But JK Rowling can live with it. They should remember that. Fanwork is good PR and a good way of developping ones creativity. Ask Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, among others.
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Exactly.
So you do think, though, that if an author asks that we not write fanfic, we should respect their wishes?
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Honestly? No.
But I'd probably do it, out of respect of their wishes.
I might also write a sour letter to said author, saying that if he/she couldn't live with fanfic:
1. They might as well write for no-one to see.
2. These are modern times.
3. Fanfic is the best praise there is (along with an exhaustive list of WHY).
4. People will do it anyway.
5. The author's ideas aren't new.
6. I'd never read anything by this author again.
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