tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post3853214284568799293..comments2024-03-27T08:18:53.376-07:00Comments on JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.: What Do We Think of Fanfic Now? Josh Lanyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-11769236164159033562020-03-22T07:00:03.381-07:002020-03-22T07:00:03.381-07:00This was great! I read quite a lot of Torchwood fa...This was great! I read quite a lot of Torchwood fanfic in the day. There were indeed multiple MPreg stories maybe because it was set in the science fiction genre. Fascinating though -to me- the best fanfic I ever read was in a Panic! At The Disco forum. I was policing what my then middle schooler was up to and stumbled upon this fantastical behemoth. It was amazing. I like to think that person indeed up in the literary world somewhere. Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04487672762855353774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-37849888212487280662020-03-21T16:29:10.955-07:002020-03-21T16:29:10.955-07:00Thanks, Nicole and Dal! I loved reading your thoug...Thanks, Nicole and Dal! I loved reading your thoughts about fanfic! I've been reading fanfic for ages and am now at a point where the number of words that I read fic exceeds the number of words I read in "real" (meaning: published) books. There is excellence to be found in fanfic writing just as in published books, as well as mediocre writing. I find that I have favourite authors in fanfic now and that I follow them from fandom to fandom, going as far as reading fic first and watching/reading the orginal source after the fact. :-D<br /><br />I enjoy the boldness and imaginativeness of fanfic, "going where no man has gone before" and miss that in books sometimes when you encounter the same old, same old (as it happens sometimes).<br /><br />I agree with your point of character coming first in fanfic and plot second. Either the fanfic-writers study the source within an inch of its life to not misrepresent the heroes or to be able to fill them with character in a believable way when the source left them flat as a paper cutout.<br />Anyways... fanfic, yes.<br /><br />Looking forward to Dal's new book! Can't wait! :-)Calatheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02021633909538340127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-14810719003061620032020-03-20T20:08:23.694-07:002020-03-20T20:08:23.694-07:00Good fanfic is good, but it's also rare. And m...Good fanfic is good, but it's also rare. And maybe it's because my tastes changed, but I feel as though there was a "golden age" around 2005-2010 and since then fanfic has trended slowly worse and worse. Though to be fair, one of my main complaints is the ludicrous, ubiquitous "Omegaverse" genre which seems to have bled over into actual published fiction.<br /><br />Another complaint I have, as a gay man who reads a lot of m/m fiction, is that the writers of fanfic--usually younger women--have no idea how gay men's minds work, or men in general really. It's not that women can't write good male characters--the three of you all being great examples (by the way Ms. MacLean I absolutely ADORED Bitter Legacy)--but there's something noticeably "off" about the way a lot of fanfic writers portray dudes in general and gay dudes in particular. This problem compounds itself when they attempt to write male characters from a generation older than their own, because we're left with ostensibly tough guy hockey players or professors or police officers with the mentality of high school age girls.<br /><br />Of course, half the time the characters in an m/m romance in fanfiction aren't gay at all, or even bisexual. They're "gay for you," which means that they're straight and have never thought about a guy like that before but suddenly they're super attracted to the soft spoken nerd tutoring them in Defense of the Dark Arts or whatever. Or they "don't want to put a label on" what they're feeling (a nice sentiment, but it doesn't really work like that, sorry). I think this is because fanfic authors don't really have any interest in gay characters or issues, they simply want Harry Potter and Edward Cullen to bang each other. <br /><br />And there's nothing wrong with that, of course. I don't begrudge any fanfiction author (or published author, for that matter) the desire to write anything they want, for whatever audience they want. But the gay men I know aren't typically interested in reading fiction written from that perspective.<br /><br />I don't want to paint all fanfiction authors with the same brush, either--there are many who write wonderfully, sometimes better than a good many published authors. I've read novel-length fanfiction that was beautiful, and, even more often, is a lot of fun. It's just that more and more, I think of these well-written stories as oases and the desert between them is becoming more and more vast.Zellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-85462084392947433152020-03-20T19:16:25.037-07:002020-03-20T19:16:25.037-07:00I enjoyed that! It's always cool tho get insig...I enjoyed that! It's always cool tho get insight into authors' inner workings and thoughts on writing in general. I had a couple of fanfic universes I was obsessed with for a long time until life just got too busy to keep up with, and getting new chapters (or whatever) was unpredictable. It did lead me to M/M fiction and I haven't read much else since. I especially love the continuing romance/ mystery series. I feel invested and it's a wonderful escape from Real Life. I'm embarrassingly excited when favorite authors release new books. Thank you, ladies, for sharing your talent and your time!Binkabunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863182139238393637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-12312129024104573952020-03-20T13:06:31.256-07:002020-03-20T13:06:31.256-07:00That is exactly it! The last book I felt like that...That is exactly it! The last book I felt like that about was probably Captive Prince. Though that began as an original fanfic ironically.Dal Macleannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-56634129027722721832020-03-20T13:04:05.439-07:002020-03-20T13:04:05.439-07:00Thanks for reading! Thanks for reading! Dal Macleannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-77513030436894815052020-03-20T11:10:39.406-07:002020-03-20T11:10:39.406-07:00I honestly never read too much fanfic--I wasn'...I honestly never read too much fanfic--I wasn't really online until much later than my peers, I think--but I do find that I really enjoy fan art--like to a ridiculous degree. :)Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982344156620230323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-22965621625660425502020-03-20T11:08:45.100-07:002020-03-20T11:08:45.100-07:00You're quite welcome! We enjoyed writing it. :...You're quite welcome! We enjoyed writing it. :)Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982344156620230323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-23937881040877274512020-03-20T09:15:10.970-07:002020-03-20T09:15:10.970-07:00Now I love Dal even more! Thank you, Josh!Now I love Dal even more! Thank you, Josh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657230514835694365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-66318373406014888362020-03-20T09:09:24.335-07:002020-03-20T09:09:24.335-07:00Great chat!! I really enjoyed it! And yes... I do...Great chat!! I really enjoyed it! And yes... I do read a lot of fanfics myself and wrote a few too. Completely agree. thelastaeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244812455201663945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-72938188405205379732020-03-20T05:00:39.667-07:002020-03-20T05:00:39.667-07:00I really enjoyed reading this. I read fanfic for m...I really enjoyed reading this. I read fanfic for many years. I don't read so much now, because there's just not enough time in the day. There was such a sense of community and I remember getting a canon book and being so excited about the fanfic that was to come. Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860058055852905632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-31819180098883409642020-03-20T04:26:36.631-07:002020-03-20T04:26:36.631-07:00That was great. ThanksThat was great. ThanksDebbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516477616699255278noreply@blogger.com