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Writer's Block: Sheldon and Penny 4ever!
May. 12th, 2010 07:35 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Being a fanfic writer myself, it's hard to be neutral on the topic. One of the reasons why people resort to reading or writing fanfics usually stems from the fact that we'd like to delve deeper into the fandom universe, whether it be writing an extended narrative explaining what hasn't been expanded upon in the novel/television series/game, etc or just putting our favourite characters into a relationship which alas was never meant to be in the canon. Well, at least, those are some of the reasons why I write/read fanfics. So in a way, fanfiction can be seen as a sort of acknowledgment from us as fans to show how much we love the fandom and I've seen some fantastic fanfics which can stand on their own as publishable novels.
On the other hand, there is of course the dark side where the most terrible dribble can be written where the characters are made to do totally OOC things or say the most atrocious dialogue or put into another universe altogether. The problem is that nearly ANYONE can think to themselves 'Say, I'd like to write a fanfic about so and so' and put their pen to paper (or hand to keyboard) and start writing. And sometimes the results aren't pretty. And the worst case scenario is when bad fanfiction turns into equally bad published novels (I've suffered my fair share of awful Austen sequels)...quel horreur. But that is the case in almost every form of media these days, and fanfic isn't an exception.
Regardless, I'm still a big proponent for fanfiction, esp. when put in the capable hands of talented writers who really know their fandom/characters back to front.
Being a fanfic writer myself, it's hard to be neutral on the topic. One of the reasons why people resort to reading or writing fanfics usually stems from the fact that we'd like to delve deeper into the fandom universe, whether it be writing an extended narrative explaining what hasn't been expanded upon in the novel/television series/game, etc or just putting our favourite characters into a relationship which alas was never meant to be in the canon. Well, at least, those are some of the reasons why I write/read fanfics. So in a way, fanfiction can be seen as a sort of acknowledgment from us as fans to show how much we love the fandom and I've seen some fantastic fanfics which can stand on their own as publishable novels.
On the other hand, there is of course the dark side where the most terrible dribble can be written where the characters are made to do totally OOC things or say the most atrocious dialogue or put into another universe altogether. The problem is that nearly ANYONE can think to themselves 'Say, I'd like to write a fanfic about so and so' and put their pen to paper (or hand to keyboard) and start writing. And sometimes the results aren't pretty. And the worst case scenario is when bad fanfiction turns into equally bad published novels (I've suffered my fair share of awful Austen sequels)...quel horreur. But that is the case in almost every form of media these days, and fanfic isn't an exception.
Regardless, I'm still a big proponent for fanfiction, esp. when put in the capable hands of talented writers who really know their fandom/characters back to front.
