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Discussion Fan Fic Pet Peeves?

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction and Writing Resource' started by alienyouthct, Jul 30, 2002.

  1. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Too late. The next Neimoidian e-mail scammer will be selling Wallpaper The Hutt.
     
  2. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    The authors being unable to separate their own POV from the characters' POV. It works in a small number of stories, it's tacky in others.
     
  3. Padawan4687

    Padawan4687 Jedi Master star 5

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    :confused: Confusing POV's in a story? How does that happen?
     
  4. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Not that. I want to be able to determine what the writer thinks from what the characters think, otherwise a lot of stuff may come out weird.
     
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  5. TrakNar

    TrakNar Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh I'm a bit guilty of that.
     
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  6. leiamoody

    leiamoody Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    The author's POV and the character(s)' POV might be similar for a reason. It's not always because of laziness. Good fiction often comes from the author's viewpoints and opinions on the "big things" (life, death, taxes) or even the "small things" (coffee, cheese, the color of socks).

    In other words, yeah, I'm definitely guilty too. So what?
     
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  7. Goodwood

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  8. Sith-I-5

    Sith-I-5 Force Ghost star 6

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    Sometimes I embrace it.
     
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  9. Gamiel

    Gamiel Chosen One star 9

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    When an author kill of a canon character in a stupid/undignifying way just because s/he don't like him/her
     
  10. SiouxFan

    SiouxFan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Are we talking profic or fanfic? :confused:
     
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  11. whiskers

    whiskers Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Yes.
     
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  12. Padawan4687

    Padawan4687 Jedi Master star 5

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    Profics are guilty of killing off canon characters in undignified ways?! :eek:
     
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  13. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    This will be controversial, but I hate the word profic, the same way I hate when people take all the possible fanfic-only genres and terms almost religiously. It's just...stupid.
     
  14. whiskers

    whiskers Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I feel the same way about the term "beta." If you have someone look over your unreleased work to check for grammar, plot holes, etc, you are using an editor.
     
  15. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Makes perfect sense!

    In my case, it's a professional editor, so yeah, I feel kinda stupid when I refer to her as a beta...that would be like calling myself a "computer kid", as opposed to a web developer. And given that what we call beta in IT industry in general is a potentially faulty website, application etc and not the person who is testing it (that would be a beta-tester), I always found it odd. Especially with the said beta-testers being random folk, end users, in most cases. :p
     
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  16. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    I hate how some people are just so dismissive of fanfic and all related stuff.
     
  17. whiskers

    whiskers Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    It's been said on here before, but it is the only fan activity that gets actively dumped on instead of celebrated.
     
  18. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    Some stories can be bad. No denying that.
    Look at the Rewrite the PT thread. So many of them are dismissive of PT rewrites. Saying it can't be as good as Lucas' version. Is anyone really writing a fan-fic story to make a better story than GL? People can imo but geez.
    Fanfic. Where everything that didn't happen in canon, can now happen.
    You can write for your favorite fandom and let your imagination run wild.
    You don't have to limit yourself to the number of canonical material.
    Your only limit is your imagination.
     
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  19. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Wait, so THAT is where all those rewrites come from?
     
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  20. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    [face_dunno]FFN has a lot as do other FF sites. I've seen several in this part of the forums
    Or are we talking about writing a better story than Lucas?
    Discussing things about what you don't like about something and how you might change it so that it works for you doesn't bother me.
    It's all for fun.
     
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  21. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    What I meant by my previous reply is that I have noticed an increase in those rewrites and assumed it was a challenge response from someplace else. And you followed that with a defense against things I never said, for no apparent reason. Not sure why you're putting the words in my mouth.
     
  22. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

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    I think you misread his comment. The "you" was used as a reference to fanfiction writers in general. Or at least that is how I understood it.
     
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  23. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    My apologies. I wasn't 100% certain what you were referring to. Just wanted to cover all of the bases.
     
  24. Ewok Poet

    Ewok Poet Force Ghost star 6

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    Looks like the truth is somewhere among all of our replies, but I'm glad it's OK now. J_L, you'd make a great mod, btw.
     
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  25. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    My version. Your version. And then the truth.
    I can see where you can find my wording confusing.