- Anti-Fanfic Bingo, part four

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

Rounds one, two, and three of Anti-Fanfic Bingo produced some terrific responses, including a great little vid for the third round. Let's see what you can come up with for the fourth row:



How would you respond to these accusations? As before, please tell ComRel!

Graphic by the wonderful Ciderpress.

Ithiliana's post that started it all is here

-- femmequixotic, bethbethbeth, ciderpress, mirabile_dictu, shrift, svmadelyn
Community Relations Committee

Comments

[elaere.livejournal.com]

1. You owe the writers respect for creating an ORIGINAL (TM) world!

I don't owe respect to anyone. My respect must be gained.

According to my experiences, so called original worlds that have been created for fantasy stories--you would admit that in fantasy there are valid reasons for expectations of creating original worlds, right?--are not too original. What's original about Tolkien's Middle-Earth? The topography of the place is very much like the real Earth. Same kinds of plants and animals are easy to spot. Dwarfs and hobits, both have an equivalent in reality. There are creatures that we don't know on our Earth, like orcs. Or do we? Orcs aren't too different from trolls of folk lore in the cultures of Europe.

Anyone who knows the basics of fantasy knows that the world that is created for the story must not be too different from the one we live in: such a story would have no meaning in the minds of the readers.

3. Bad fan stories will make people not want to buy a writer's work!

Even bad fan stories are indicators of a fan base. Without fans there isn't much hope of a show, a book, a movie or any other work to bring enough money to the authors. Bad fan stories come only after the fans have accessed the original.