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[fpb]

As time goes on, I find that I get more touchy and less willing to put up with a great deal of fanfic bad habits. I mentioned a while ago the fics that spend a great deal of time and ingenuity in breaking up canon relationships and getting Harry in bed with Draco or Hermione. Another one that honks me off is the kind where Dumbledore is bad-

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[elegant_bonfire]

Back in the pre-internet days we used to call those "get'em" stories--fanwriter with an axe to grind uses their fic to do it. Most of the zine editors I worked with wouldn't take those fics.

[fpb]

In what fandom did you use to be? I was involved in superhero comics fandom (hence I have encyclopedic knowledge of Marvel characters, which is more than this twit seems to) since about 1980 until 1999.

[elegant_bonfire]

Hmmm, let's see...I started out as a STrek fan, then got into SWars, both of which I was heavily involved in for years, then I started getting into other media fandom--I read heavily in X-Files but never got further than a few plot bunnies.(or plot armadillos as my friend amedia calls them) I co-wrote a series in MiamiVice fandom and have also been active in Rat Patrol, Jag, and some of the other military fandoms. None of my stuff is on line, it's all in print zines. I don't really do much fanwriting any more, but I like to read fanfic and I love media conventions, as some of my best long term friends are my fellow fen.

I've sporadically read comics but it was never one of my hardcore fandoms, so I know most of the characters but I don't know all the backstory and story lines.

[fpb]

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[headnoises]

Part of me says: Any good character will be badmouthed. To be expected.

The other part of me is too busy being pissed to type....

[super_pan]

I don't really know much about too many other fandoms, but HP seems to really be full of some pretty silly ideas. I realize that at least one function of fanfiction is just fantasy, wish fulfillment, and some pubescent growing pains put into writing, but it can be hard to try and trudge through it.

[fpb]

I would go further: I would say that whatever issues you may be working out - or not - with fanfic, I am under no obligation to have to endure it.

[baduin]

Don't be offended, but actually why are you writing Harry Potter fanfiction? From what I've read, you are certainly good enough to write your own stories

[fpb]

This is all built on what I am supposed to feel. Except that I feel nothing of the kind. As far as I am concerned, you are talking about things that do not exist. I do not want to sound offensive, but everything you say is the exact opposite of everything I experience and know.