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Some places that I don't want to go
Aug. 30th, 2005 06:46 pmDespite loving Firefly, I have no interest in reading Firefly fanfic. This shocking phenomenon occasionally occurs when I really like the original of something. Sometimes the feeling vanishes after a period of low resistance in which I succumb to something well written, but occasionally it has remained. I have yet to read any Harry Potter fic, and the very thought makes my skin crawl. I can't really bring myself to read any Lord of the Rings fic, whether book or movie, although I occasionally have deluded visions of writing something about Aragorn's death as viewed by his son (it really is all about the appendices)--but given my inability to write anything these days, thankfully, I easily resist.
For HP and LotR, part of the distaste is probably from the monstrous nature of the fandoms themselves, but I don't think that's the only reason. While I will in fact read almost anything when I'm trying to procrastinate on my life (which means I will pretty much read anything at anytime), the fandoms I tend to really like are those where the original material is flawed. Disappointment in squandered potential, that's the key. Weiss, Phantom Menace--both sucked in their way, but both were full of such potential in their own way too (okay, in Weiss' case it wasn't so much potential as it was improbably silly opportunities). This, however, is not a universal rule (I am nothing if I am not inconsistent). For example, Hornblower--I love the books and movies and I still want the fanfic. Although as yet, I don't have even the delusion of wanting to write it.
For HP and LotR, part of the distaste is probably from the monstrous nature of the fandoms themselves, but I don't think that's the only reason. While I will in fact read almost anything when I'm trying to procrastinate on my life (which means I will pretty much read anything at anytime), the fandoms I tend to really like are those where the original material is flawed. Disappointment in squandered potential, that's the key. Weiss, Phantom Menace--both sucked in their way, but both were full of such potential in their own way too (okay, in Weiss' case it wasn't so much potential as it was improbably silly opportunities). This, however, is not a universal rule (I am nothing if I am not inconsistent). For example, Hornblower--I love the books and movies and I still want the fanfic. Although as yet, I don't have even the delusion of wanting to write it.
