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Some meta, and more drabbles
Oct. 12th, 2004 12:06 pmBrowsing through friends' friends list and the like, I came across a post of Kita's which describes a well-known syndrom in many a fandom: the impression one is part of a persecuted minority, with TPTB and/or other fen specifically gunning for the character/the 'ship in question. Even if said character and/or 'ship is actually more than popular with both fandom and writers; she mentioned Spike in this regard; you could add Faith or Lilah, or, switching fandoms, Sam Gamgee. I couldn't believe my eyes when reading a post mentioning Sam as a character who was underappreciated and hard done by. By whom? His creator? Tolkien used Sam's pov from TTT onwards for all the Sam & Frodo scenes. His fellow Hobbits? Sam ends up as mayor of Hobbiton and RotK specifically mentions that he, Merry and Pippin get the public applause and fame among the Hobbits Frodo does not, much to Sam's frustration. And while marriage and 13 kids are perhaps not a happy ending in many a slasher's pov, it's clearly intended as a reward by Tolkien. Moving on to the fandom, I haven't met one fan who doesn't love Sam. So where is the lack of appreciation for Samwise Gamgee?
Back to the topic at hand. ( Meta blather alert! )
I'd define fanfiction as an ongoing dialogue with the original source. Sometimes arguing for, sometimes arguing against it. And that can be very rewarding. But as mechanisms go, it's rather going to make you part of a larger community, not of a persecuted minority. Because, and that is one of the joys of fandom, there are usually far more people agreeing or feeling a similar need than you would have thought.
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Speaking of fanfic, check out the drabbles I received in reply to my post yesterday, in the comments. From my various fandoms, and they're absolutely delightful. So naturally I wrote some more myself, for other people.
( Sandman, Desire pov, for HonorH )
( BTVS, Buffy, for Monanotlisa )
( Deep Space Nine, Kira and a surprise guest, post-show, for Muffinmonster )
You know, the later was partly caused by discussing DS9 with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
andrastewhite, and partly by my own ongoing issues with the Prophets. I do have the vague idea of writing a larger fic which would either put Kira in a similar situation to the one the various Weyouns were in with Odo - i.e. one of her gods leaves heaven and tells her heaven is truly morally rotten and she shouldn't worship, or use the somewhat different idea of this drabble as a starting point. ..
Back to the topic at hand. ( Meta blather alert! )
I'd define fanfiction as an ongoing dialogue with the original source. Sometimes arguing for, sometimes arguing against it. And that can be very rewarding. But as mechanisms go, it's rather going to make you part of a larger community, not of a persecuted minority. Because, and that is one of the joys of fandom, there are usually far more people agreeing or feeling a similar need than you would have thought.
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Speaking of fanfic, check out the drabbles I received in reply to my post yesterday, in the comments. From my various fandoms, and they're absolutely delightful. So naturally I wrote some more myself, for other people.
( Sandman, Desire pov, for HonorH )
( BTVS, Buffy, for Monanotlisa )
( Deep Space Nine, Kira and a surprise guest, post-show, for Muffinmonster )
You know, the later was partly caused by discussing DS9 with
andrastewhite, and partly by my own ongoing issues with the Prophets. I do have the vague idea of writing a larger fic which would either put Kira in a similar situation to the one the various Weyouns were in with Odo - i.e. one of her gods leaves heaven and tells her heaven is truly morally rotten and she shouldn't worship, or use the somewhat different idea of this drabble as a starting point. ..
