What is fanfic FOR?

[montmorency]

Why do you read it? Why do you write it? What are the required/non-required elements? How is fanfiction different from other types of fiction? Is RPF/RPS okay? Are we weirdos for reading/writing? Are some pairings appropriate and others not? Are there limits to what is "allowable" in choice of pairing or kink

Comments

[poutytrout]

What is writing for? Writing fanfiction is no different than writing regular fiction. Its release, its creativity just with that one step removed: character creation. We use characters already created, be they real people or fake, and we express our ideas and emotions through them. Characters are usually based on others anyways so using a real person over a fake one or, even, a new created one, is the same as all the rest. At least in my opinion. I know some people find it weird since RPS involves real living people but like I said, characters are based on real people all the time. And if they aren't based on real people they are personifications of the kind of people the author wishes to see

[montmorency]

Adam promotes creativity and imagination in all his shows There you go!

I love seeing different authors' takes on the characters of Adam, Tommy, Monte, or anyone else. There's kind of a base characters - not that we would all agree even on what that is - and everyone takes it a different direction.

[moodwriter]

Dear, I miss you. <33333

[montmorency]

For me, it's far easier to write fanfic than original fiction. This is in part because the characters and milieu are already set up. Of course every author takes those in new directions, but at least the start is there.

I think expectations are different, too, though. For original fiction I have to plot like a mofo. Whereas for fanfic you don't have to have a clever plot line (although some authors do manage to have one). It's not a mystery novel or a detective story or the next Great American Novel. It's a story with a limited audience - those who read fanfic, especially the subgenre of slash.

My writing partner for original fiction (we don't co-write; we work together on each other's stories for plotting and characterization) spend enormous amounts of time on developing plots. That isn't needed for the type of fanfic I write, hence it's easier.

But to write well still requires as much effort as original fiction. And RPS has incredible authors. I am flabbergasted by the best of them.

<3

[vickyducky]

I know nothing about the Adam fandom, but here are my thoughts about fanfic in general. I read (and very occasionally attempt to write) fanfic for two main reasons which are kind of linked. Firstly I find it very difficult to source male/male romantic fiction in real life, whereas fanfic is overflowing with it. The why do straight women like m/m romance is a whole other question and I don't really have an answer, other than I just do

[montmorency]

very difficult to source male/male romantic fiction in real life, whereas fanfic is overflowing with it Amen.

Nope, you haven't missed the point of fanfic :DDDD - your answer is as valid as everyone's. I've found that some people think that it's not okay to write RPS about someone paired with someone else who isn't in a relationship with him. Like it's disrespectful or something. Huh? It's fiction, not reality. For me, fanfic is for playing around with relationships, enjoyable fantasizing, etc. In RL I love het romances like Wuthering Heights but you just can't find gay romances in older novels, so I look for it online.

[bellatrixamici]

To read the things I want to see happen between between characters/relationships/plotlines.

To write the things I love and crave to read but no one has written the way I would want it.

[montmorency]

That's a form of fantasizing and I'm totally in favor of it. It's the same reason I love Treasure Island - I fantasize going in search of treasure and battling pirates and having adventures. In the case of fanfic, I can read someone else's take on the further adventures of characters I love.

[i_o_r_h_a_e_l]

For me fanfic is for the peace of mind. :)

[montmorency]

Great point. When I am stressed out from RL, fanfic can be a peaceful place. Even if it's an angsty story! :D