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GirlWithInk -> RE: BDSM Fanfiction (2/17/2007 10:18:46 AM)
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I've written a bit of WoW fanfic too, and am always looking for more - care to trade stories? *hopeful look* The work-in-progress that I've got going for the Horde side of things can be found here: http://biglizard.kicks-ass.net/jax/letters_to_lydia/letters_to_lydia.html
Regarding the OP, I've been a avid reader of fanfic, particularly slashfic, since I discovered the stuff existed - Harry Potter is of course a big one but there's also the Pirates of the Carribiean, which I have just horribly misspelled, there's Joss's bunch of begging-to-be-ficced series, heck, even old video games have caught my eye (there's some really great Link bdsm smut out there, and ff3 too).
I think that the reason we see more kinkfic than 'nillafic is that the 'nillafic writers feel like they are risking some sort of copyright infringement, or that the characters can do 'nillafic stuff on their own, or that frankly, most of the 'nillafic writers are abysmal... turn to the kinky side of things and no one really worries about copyrights because you KNOW that either the original author will NEVAROMG dare look at what you just wrote two innocent characters doing... or the author is reading your fic and cheering, wishing there was a market for just such a thing.
As far as 'the characters do plenty of normal stuff already', take Harry Potter - I read Harry/Draco slashfic because there are tantalizing hints of it in the books but you know Rowling is never going to have Harry actually show up with Draco on a leash in her next book. Hermione and Ron kissing? That, she might write, so why go to fanfic looking for it? It's easy to look at a cast of characters, turn their interactions into extremes rather than hints, and find ideas and scenes that make you desperate for a pen and paper to write 'em down. It's not so easy to look at the cast and try to come up with, say "Harry Potter and the Sock He Lost In The Wash Last Tuesday" and make it interesting.
Meh. I love fanfic, consider it a guilty pleasure, and squee almost as much over a good ficlet or plot bunny from a favorite fanfic author as I did over the original movie/book/whatever. I've got a collection of links and even a few stories saved up, mostly other peoples' stuff but some that I've written too, and I'd love to see everyone else's favorite fanfics!
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