Guest Post: Emmanuelle Debats

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“My first reaction to fanfiction was surprise and shock. I mean I had the basic French reaction: 'How can someone write from a work belonging to someone else?' Then, I discovered fansites, generosity, enthusiasm. I made my own interpretation of fanworks as an instinctive resistance to some kind of starvation. Fanworks appeared to me as a victory, a very smart tactic. Taking stuff from the canon and changing them is very wise: it means accepting being a fan, instead of fighting against it.”

Emmanuelle Debats discusses her fandom documentaries & what moved her the most in making sure that stories go on http://bit.ly/252Ajmw

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