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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8121830" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>I'm planning on running a class on Fanfiction writing soon online, and one of the things I want to point out in that class is that "Fan Fiction" is <em>old and popular</em></p><p></p><p>Just for a few rapid-fire examples </p><p></p><p>Dante's Divine Comedy is a Fan Fiction. Dante puts himself into the shoes of the protagonist, and a large part of the work is exploring an established canon and living out fantasies (like putting all the Pope's in Hell except the ones he liked) </p><p></p><p>The Book of Enoch is an ancient, non-canonical set of biblical stories, focused on a minor biblical character (Enoch) and his adventurers. </p><p></p><p>Wicked I was just reminded of recently, and it is also basically a fan fic, writing in the setting of Oz, but changing the script. </p><p></p><p>And, if you really start digging into it, you start wondering, what is the difference between the person who writes a new adventure for the Harry Potter Universe and someone who reboots and re-imagines a popular TV show? Why isn't Fantastic Beasts, which is about the author of a book mentioned in the HP series, basically Fan Fiction. I do believe it was written by fans, not by Rowling. </p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, the art form is huge, it is just that some people do it as amateurs and others professionally with licensing deals (or not if they are working with a public domain property)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I get your objection to the wider definition. And I agree it ends up so broad it makes me wonder if it is worth defining. </p><p></p><p>But, your definition is also far too small. </p><p></p><p>There is a series I've followed called "The Golden Empire" which takes place in a universe based wholesale on an anime, the lore, the magic, everything. But, the characters are new. And, more importantly I think for your definition, it is big. </p><p></p><p>It is 8 "chapters" but that covers <em>checks the website</em> 919,225 words. </p><p></p><p>At nearly a million words this would be about 10 novels worth of length. </p><p></p><p>So... it is clearly based heavily off of a property the author does not own. It isn't being commercialized, and it does not take away from the original work. It is both entirely new and rooted in the original work. And while it is "amateur" in that it is not being professionally published, it is also far larger than is traditionally conceived.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A tangent, yes, but like I said, I'm gearing up to teach a class in a week, so I've been boning up</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8121830, member: 6801228"] I'm planning on running a class on Fanfiction writing soon online, and one of the things I want to point out in that class is that "Fan Fiction" is [I]old and popular[/I] Just for a few rapid-fire examples Dante's Divine Comedy is a Fan Fiction. Dante puts himself into the shoes of the protagonist, and a large part of the work is exploring an established canon and living out fantasies (like putting all the Pope's in Hell except the ones he liked) The Book of Enoch is an ancient, non-canonical set of biblical stories, focused on a minor biblical character (Enoch) and his adventurers. Wicked I was just reminded of recently, and it is also basically a fan fic, writing in the setting of Oz, but changing the script. And, if you really start digging into it, you start wondering, what is the difference between the person who writes a new adventure for the Harry Potter Universe and someone who reboots and re-imagines a popular TV show? Why isn't Fantastic Beasts, which is about the author of a book mentioned in the HP series, basically Fan Fiction. I do believe it was written by fans, not by Rowling. At the end of the day, the art form is huge, it is just that some people do it as amateurs and others professionally with licensing deals (or not if they are working with a public domain property) I get your objection to the wider definition. And I agree it ends up so broad it makes me wonder if it is worth defining. But, your definition is also far too small. There is a series I've followed called "The Golden Empire" which takes place in a universe based wholesale on an anime, the lore, the magic, everything. But, the characters are new. And, more importantly I think for your definition, it is big. It is 8 "chapters" but that covers [I]checks the website[/I] 919,225 words. At nearly a million words this would be about 10 novels worth of length. So... it is clearly based heavily off of a property the author does not own. It isn't being commercialized, and it does not take away from the original work. It is both entirely new and rooted in the original work. And while it is "amateur" in that it is not being professionally published, it is also far larger than is traditionally conceived. A tangent, yes, but like I said, I'm gearing up to teach a class in a week, so I've been boning up [/QUOTE]
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