Can anyone 'splain Fifty Shades of Gray to me?

[Who's Wee Dug]

Did not say there was anything wrong with it.

 

[Dotsie]

You did the rolly eye thing

All after their 15 minutes of fame

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Sheesh sufferin succocats, well they could be a little more original instead of poncing off and jumping on the bandwagon. :shifty:

 

[raptornx01]

I'm not the biggest fanfic fan, but most fanfic authors aren't doing it for fame or money. they just enjoy writing and have stories they want to share. and at most see it as practice. that article makes them out to be lowlife scum. find that kind of offensive cause its basically saying all fanworks are evil.

And I'd hardly call it plagiarism since they aren't claiming the characters and/or locations etc are their own.

 

[high eight]

I'm not the biggest fanfic fan, but most fanfic authors aren't doing it for fame or money. they just enjoy writing and have stories they want to share. and at most see it as practice. that article makes them out to be lowlife scum. find that kind of offensive cause its basically saying all fanworks are evil.

And I'd hardly call it plagiarism since they aren't claiming the characters and/or locations etc are their own.

It is the fan fiction writers that say: "the author of this book got it wrong: Here is what they should have written" that really annoy me.

And the characters usually aren't their own. They just recycle the author's characters. Saves having to think up their own, I suppose.

 

[raptornx01]

It is the fan fiction writers that say: "the author of this book got it wrong: Here is what they should have written" that really annoy me.

And the characters usually aren't their own. They just recycle the author's characters.

They never claim the characters are their own (unless they are) that's the point.

Saves having to think up their own, I suppose.

kind of missing the point of fanfiction there. that's like looking at a period historical piece and going "god, these people are so lazy, why couldn't they make up their own characters instead of using real people"

 

[high eight]

It is the fan fiction writers that say: "the author of this book got it wrong: Here is what they should have written" that really annoy me.

And the characters usually aren't their own. They just recycle the author's characters.

They never claim the characters are their own (unless they are) that's the point.

Saves having to think up their own, I suppose.

kind of missing the point of fanfiction there. that's like looking at a period historical piece and going "god, these people are so lazy, why couldn't they make up their own characters instead of using real people"

But a good writer of historical fiction does make up their own characters. They might be based on real people but they are very rarely slavish copies.

By comparison, fanfiction writers are just saying (for example): "how about some Nelson/Hardy slash? It's canon. He did ask for a kiss....."

 

[raptornx01]

Lol, not going to say there isn't alot like that. but even that is all in good fun and nothing to get riled over. some do strive for more though. something with a bit more substance. whether they achieved that is up to the reader.