Thoughts on fanfic....
Oct. 24th, 2005 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I'm not exactly an old hat at the fandom worlds out there, but I do read a lot. (This is what I say all the time: I don't have any kids, and therefore have never breastfed, but, um, I do read a lot... I don't actually know any ASL other than the sign for "cup", but I do read a lot... I don't know how my mind works (nor yours, for that matter), but, um, I do read a lot....)
Anyway, I've lately noticed something. I don't mind a fic that's written to be "AU", assuming the writer is reasonably competant. It can be an interesting bit of fun, can't it? See what one person thinks would've happened if one tiny thing had been different. And fic that wasn't "AU" when it was written, but is now - sure, I can go with that.
But a tiny thing that the books or the movies or the show say is otherwise, instead of a big change - that irritates me. It really does. Going to Harry Potter, the stories you're most likely to all be familiar with, I can live with Neville being the Boy Who Lived. I can live with certain characters being dead instead of alive, or vice versa. I can deal with slash and so on, no problem. Tell me that a minor character in both books and fic is from a different part of the world than where I *know* they're from? That'll piss me off.
No idea why.
In other news, since I'm supposed to hand over the computer soon, saw the kids today. Ana is such a little actress. Today, I mentioned something involving the word "sleep" to her, and she pretended to lean over and snore. Then, when I said it again, she leaned over more, snored louder. Finally, she flops over dramatically, snores, and gets up going "I wake up!" I almost could've believed her. The new baby is new, and still rather boring. Very quiet, though. I've only heard her cry a few times, and one of those was in the voice mail I got when she was being born, which surely doesn't count. Babies this age remind me of nothing so much as brand new kittens, except bigger and with less fur. Ana, dear one, is torn between being the adoring big sister and being jealous. By their very nature, babies steal attention from older children. Additionally, it's clear she doesn't think it's fair that the baby can nurse all the time, and Ana gets told "no, be patient, you just had milk". When the baby does more than drink milk, I'm sure the apparent unfairness will be more obvious to her.
Just so you know, she seems (right now) to fall more on adoring than jealous. We've only been hyping this new baby for a half a year now, after all... But she gets frustrated that she can't do what she wants with the baby. No, Ana, you can't hold the baby. Ana, you have to be careful around the baby. Ana, the baby already has a hat on. ANA! STOP KISSING HER ALREADY AND LET HER SLEEP! No, she's not going to sing. No, she can't dance. Stop telling her to wake up.
Anyway, I've lately noticed something. I don't mind a fic that's written to be "AU", assuming the writer is reasonably competant. It can be an interesting bit of fun, can't it? See what one person thinks would've happened if one tiny thing had been different. And fic that wasn't "AU" when it was written, but is now - sure, I can go with that.
But a tiny thing that the books or the movies or the show say is otherwise, instead of a big change - that irritates me. It really does. Going to Harry Potter, the stories you're most likely to all be familiar with, I can live with Neville being the Boy Who Lived. I can live with certain characters being dead instead of alive, or vice versa. I can deal with slash and so on, no problem. Tell me that a minor character in both books and fic is from a different part of the world than where I *know* they're from? That'll piss me off.
No idea why.
In other news, since I'm supposed to hand over the computer soon, saw the kids today. Ana is such a little actress. Today, I mentioned something involving the word "sleep" to her, and she pretended to lean over and snore. Then, when I said it again, she leaned over more, snored louder. Finally, she flops over dramatically, snores, and gets up going "I wake up!" I almost could've believed her. The new baby is new, and still rather boring. Very quiet, though. I've only heard her cry a few times, and one of those was in the voice mail I got when she was being born, which surely doesn't count. Babies this age remind me of nothing so much as brand new kittens, except bigger and with less fur. Ana, dear one, is torn between being the adoring big sister and being jealous. By their very nature, babies steal attention from older children. Additionally, it's clear she doesn't think it's fair that the baby can nurse all the time, and Ana gets told "no, be patient, you just had milk". When the baby does more than drink milk, I'm sure the apparent unfairness will be more obvious to her.
Just so you know, she seems (right now) to fall more on adoring than jealous. We've only been hyping this new baby for a half a year now, after all... But she gets frustrated that she can't do what she wants with the baby. No, Ana, you can't hold the baby. Ana, you have to be careful around the baby. Ana, the baby already has a hat on. ANA! STOP KISSING HER ALREADY AND LET HER SLEEP! No, she's not going to sing. No, she can't dance. Stop telling her to wake up.
Re: Is this based on what I wrote about Luna Lovegood?
Date: 2005-10-26 01:48 am (UTC)So instead I'm refraining from adding new friends for a while.