But they don't take their detectives and put them in a Harry Potter story and expect me to care more about the detectives than about the original characters - which doesn't work since the original charas are pretty much the whole idea with fanfics.
Except for the times when the "whole idea with fanfic" is to read and write about the *world.* Someone wrote an essay a couple years ago, I don't remember where I saw it, but the argument was that there are Character readers/writers, and World readers/writers. One is annoyed by OC-centric fic, the other isn't. Which I think comes down to a "know your audience" thing-- if you're going to explore the world with OCs, don't re-write HPPS, or the World readers are going to have your head on a plate.
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Date: 2004-09-11 10:48 pm (UTC)Except for the times when the "whole idea with fanfic" is to read and write about the *world.* Someone wrote an essay a couple years ago, I don't remember where I saw it, but the argument was that there are Character readers/writers, and World readers/writers. One is annoyed by OC-centric fic, the other isn't. Which I think comes down to a "know your audience" thing-- if you're going to explore the world with OCs, don't re-write HPPS, or the World readers are going to have your head on a plate.