Hmmmm... you've given me much to think on. Must ponder for a bit and get back to you. I agree with the "mind wandering" phenomenon as always being a danger whenever building on a well developed premise... or going off on a by tangent from it. And also that fanon by its very nature MUST must tie itself to "canon" even when it departs seriously from it.
I'm not sure I see the phenomenon of fanfic as generally a "problem" though. Good storytelling is good storytelling, after all... the "problem" seems more to be that sequels and second installments are sometime brought into existence for other than reasons of artistic expression... and also unfortunately all too frequently the concept is given life again by clumsy hands.
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Date: 2004-10-04 06:55 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I see the phenomenon of fanfic as generally a "problem" though. Good storytelling is good storytelling, after all... the "problem" seems more to be that sequels and second installments are sometime brought into existence for other than reasons of artistic expression... and also unfortunately all too frequently the concept is given life again by clumsy hands.