How about another condescending article about fan fiction!

[veronicaluv]

Today, I give you this.

Fifty Shades of Grey continues to confound the media, this time from the viewpoint of fan fiction being written for fan fiction (albeit all gussied up as original fic, but that secret train of obviousness left the station a long time ago). My favorite part:

The concept of fan fiction itself, of course, is hardly new: “There

Comments

[leopardchic79]

give me ten badly characterized, badly edited, grammar-hating fan fictions written with love and affection for the source material over this kind of media attention any day

Amen!

And yes, fan-fiction of fan-fiction is so "kooky." I can barely wrap my mind around the idea. *rolls eyes*

PS I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to use my icon of Thor looking exasperated. ;)

[veronicaluv]

I can see that Thor is NOT AMUSED - and neither am I!

[shelbynm]

Where in the world do they get Twilight from the Fifty Shades? Twilight is crap in my opinion and is NOTHING like FS.

[veronicaluv]

My understanding is that FSoG was originally Twilight fanfiction - the author just filed off the serial numbers.

[sanginmychains]

I love your last sentence, that's totally why I read fanfic - because no matter the quality or point of view, it's done from a place of love and playful enthusiasm. There's a sense in fandom of all being in something together - even if the "something" is just an abiding love for a show, book or movie that may or may not be impressive and respectable in its own right. It's a great thing.