Fiction (and creative meta-fictional endeavours) which comes from and is shared within that community of practice.
However, when people object to 'fanfiction' they are usually objecting to a (perceived or real) practice of that community. (They may be objecting to a specific piece of fanfic, or to the actual existence of fanfiction on the internet, but these people are silly, and I ignore them.) In this case, it is usual to point out that the practice in question is not unique to, or condemned outside, the fanfiction producing community.
Therefore, when someone says "God, I hate fanfic, why can't these people do something creative!?" I think it is reasonable to point out that no one objects to the practice of speculative fiction transforming existing works when it is done by published authors of classic works, or in a hundred other cases.
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Date: 2010-06-04 05:51 pm (UTC)Fiction (and creative meta-fictional endeavours) which comes from and is shared within that community of practice.
However, when people object to 'fanfiction' they are usually objecting to a (perceived or real) practice of that community. (They may be objecting to a specific piece of fanfic, or to the actual existence of fanfiction on the internet, but these people are silly, and I ignore them.) In this case, it is usual to point out that the practice in question is not unique to, or condemned outside, the fanfiction producing community.
Therefore, when someone says "God, I hate fanfic, why can't these people do something creative!?" I think it is reasonable to point out that no one objects to the practice of speculative fiction transforming existing works when it is done by published authors of classic works, or in a hundred other cases.