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veronica_richSo everybody's heard about it by now, no doubt, but the idea of Ralph Fiennes reading Voldy/Harry fanfic makes my eyelids curdle just a little bit. Not in the good way. It'll make somebody's iPod podfic list. (I like the comment "well, I can cross that off my bucket list.")
Just ... no, man. NO. Fanfic is like fight club. Don't talk about it to the entertainers. (And to answer your question, no, not even if Chris Barrie HIMSELF read it in voices, would I want my porny fanfic brought up on some public exposure like this. YIIIIIII .....)
Just ... no, man. NO. Fanfic is like fight club. Don't talk about it to the entertainers. (And to answer your question, no, not even if Chris Barrie HIMSELF read it in voices, would I want my porny fanfic brought up on some public exposure like this. YIIIIIII .....)
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Date: 2012-01-21 05:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-21 05:56 am (UTC)I completely agree, its JUST NO RIGHT. *shudders*
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Date: 2012-01-21 06:18 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-01-21 01:29 pm (UTC)And, no, it would freak me out if Orlando orKeira Knightley read my fic. Gives me the squeaks (bad ones!!) just thinking of it.
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Date: 2012-01-21 02:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-21 03:44 pm (UTC)It was bad enough during Lord of the Rings, Billy and Dom were at a red carpet event in New York, and you could see in Dom's hand, a fan-done graphic picture. I recognize the design so I know who did it, but not if they were the ones who specifically gave it to the actors. Anyway, the red carpet event was broadcast worldwide, so the world got to see Dom showing Billy the artwork of Pippin and Merry in a rather naked embrace and then talking about it. *facepalm*
I would have a heart attack if anyone in authority read/distributed my stories or vids. That includes writers, producers, actors, anyone. Rule 1, you don't talk about fanfic!
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Date: 2012-01-21 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-21 09:15 pm (UTC)(I can be amused, because I'm not in HP fandom. If it were one of 'my' fandoms I'd be screaming and running, it's true.)
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Date: 2012-01-21 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-21 11:04 pm (UTC)And, that's okay - because our space is our space and we don't try to push it at the creators or actors or crew or suchlike. I've been doing fanfic for 20 years, and it's never been about being noticed in relation to the canon writers; it's for fun. And when I do something for fun and for free, I really don't want to hear scorn from fans who think I'm doing it to best the creator or messing negatively with the material. The less mainstream notice I get for fanfic, the more fun it stays. I don't know how to make that sound logical, it just IS to me, and IMO.
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Date: 2012-01-21 11:32 pm (UTC)Of course not. Having said that, I will point out that you've written some damn fine stuff and it should be recognized as such. Just because it's fun doesn't mean that it's not GOOD. I'm rather rabid on the subject of this derision of fanfiction. Like it's cheap and we should just dismiss it because it's not "original."
It's different when talking about an older show. But current media recognizes fandom as a driving force. Witness SPN, and the latest Sherlock has several shoutouts to fandom. The days when it was all hush-hush and secret are over. Media sees fandom as a sales tool. All these conventions (like ComicCon and DragonCon) are feeding into this recognition as fandom as something to cultivate. Of course, it's also about the money, but hey.
I'll wager there isn't one of them who would see any of our best fics as superior to the worst of the show's episodes.
Fuck their homophobic asses. Seriously. Their material is better because it's het; it's more *valid* beause its het? Do we really need to visit that sad, pathetic delusion? Is there a single post-DMC het story that is epic? That will be referred to again and again by rec sites, etc. Not one.
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Date: 2012-01-22 01:09 am (UTC)I try really hard to keep my real identity and my fandom identity separate for many reasons, and that's one of them. I'm not sure how well I'd handle it if I found that an actor had read one of my fanfics, but at least them not knowing who I really am would spare me any embarassment if they didn't like it, and also spare me the same if they did like it, because I'd probably be all, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! and a gibbering mess. :)
ETA: Which I should say there is one actor I've mentioned to that I write fanfic but that currently I'm attempting to concentrate more on my original writing, and currently I don't have anything out there that's for his show (am working on something off and on, but nothing ready for public consumption) and that actor does not know my fandom name, and so help me he won't find it out, at least not anytime soon! :)
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