Of course, in fanfic these things are written down so maybe people automatically assume you're then saying something about the real subject, but I don't think you really are.
Yeah, and just as we all have different reasons for writing fanfic, we all have different reasons for reading it, too. The people who like to read this type of fic, may very well do it for the same reason as I fantasised about those things. Personally, I don't want to read anyone else's fantasies when I read fanfic, I read because I want to read about the characters I know and love (and thus it's essential to me that they don't act in a way I would find extremely unlikely for them to act in), or sometimes to read a good story. Like instead of reading a novel, I'll read a story on the Internet in a setting and with characters I'm already familiar with. Basically, fanfic is a substitute for me, whilst awaiting new Canon. But for other people it may be about completely different things.
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Date: 2005-05-25 02:01 pm (UTC)Yeah, and just as we all have different reasons for writing fanfic, we all have different reasons for reading it, too. The people who like to read this type of fic, may very well do it for the same reason as I fantasised about those things. Personally, I don't want to read anyone else's fantasies when I read fanfic, I read because I want to read about the characters I know and love (and thus it's essential to me that they don't act in a way I would find extremely unlikely for them to act in), or sometimes to read a good story. Like instead of reading a novel, I'll read a story on the Internet in a setting and with characters I'm already familiar with. Basically, fanfic is a substitute for me, whilst awaiting new Canon. But for other people it may be about completely different things.