Opinions/Fanfiction: Entry 1

[costumecountess]

I don’t often get asked about fanfiction. A lot of authors say people “always ask them” why they write it, why they ship who they do, so on and so on. The fact is, I don’t often get asked about fanfiction because… well, it’s not something that comes up in conversation a lot. I feel that my fanfiction, the same as the rest of my writing, is

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[abequamahigan]

I warned you I was stalking you. And you said it was good to leave comments, so here I am, attacking you with annoyingly long ramblings.

In my opinion, for what it's worth, a fanfiction can't be derivative. It's hard to write fanfiction (and I may be saying that only because I CAN'T write something else than ''original fiction'' xD) and yes, it is your work. But it's implied: fanfiction; playing with someone else's idea. As long as you know that, it's not, I think, derivative art.

But hey that's only my little opinion! And now I'll stop bothering you with my rambling but just adding: Please, do make a weekly blog of this! And thanks for making me use my brain today. It doesn't happen that much on LJ. :)

*Go back stalking quietly.*

[costumecountess]

Are you kidding? Comment as much as you want, because if I don't know people are reading then I won't think to write!

That's exactly what I'm saying, is fanfiction simultaneously has to be and yet isn't derivative. The word can't really apply because of that. It's more "studying" or "basing on", but deriving is claiming it's yours when it's clearly copying someone else's.