The Friday Five: Fandom!

[dawn_felagund]

This is the first Friday Five that's been interesting in a while, at least in my humble and hard-to-please opinion. Alas, it is not Friday, but since Friday found me without communication of any kind at work and an evening full of activities at home, then we shall consider it the Belated Friday Five.

The questions:
1.) What fandom do you center on

Comments

[ann_arien]

My brain is absolutely fried right now, so all I can do is nod sagely at everything you've said, because I do agree. The bit where you speak about other fanficcers exploring and exploiting ideas belonging to you made me blush, 'cause I have stolen ideas from you on more than one occasion and I only asked permission afterwards. :)

[dawn_felagund]

You don't need to ask permission. :) If an idea of mine intrigues you, take it. And even as far as "crediting" goes, you've promoted and squeed over my work enough that I wouldn't even ask that of you! :)

It wouldn't bother me in the least, though, to find my ideas becoming a sort of fanon. I'd find it amusing, I think, and flattering too. I mean, someone had to first contrive the idea that Maedhros and Fingon were lovers. Or Glorfindel and Ecthelion. Or Erestor and Feanor. ;)

[tarion_anarore]

Ooh, I think I will have to do this one myself!!

4.) Do you think its good or harmful for the original creator?

Well, case-in-point, I would NEVER have bought the Silmarillion if I had not gotten into LotR fanfiction first. Reading the in-betweens of LotR made me want more M-E stories, and then I found the Sil and it was love at...second...third...sight! ;P

[dawn_felagund]

Good point. :) As an author myself, anything that increases enthusiasm for my work is okay by me. One day, if my original stories find themselves published, I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to get more deeply involved in my work because s/he was so intrigued by some of the ideas in fanfiction. This is wishful thinking, probably, but I truly believe that this is how I'd feel! :)

I discovered fanfic because of The Silmarillion, though I became much more enthusiastic about it because of the ideas I saw being put forth in...you guessed it! Fanfiction! And my subsequent enthusiasm for all things First Age has put money in the Tolkien Estate coffers from the purchase of countless HoMe books and *ahem* three copies of The Silmarillion....

[tarion_anarore]

I discovered fanfic because a friend discovered ffn first! Then I read her HP fic, switched to LotR, and now am married to The Sil. :P

And true, HoME would never have sold so many copies if it weren't for us research geek fanfic authors! ;)