I agree that the creator of the world deserves some deference, but I don't necessarily think that deference trumps all other considerations. To me fanfiction is a form of artistic conversation, as parody is, or retellings like the Wind Done Gone or Wicked. As such I think this is one of those situations, as with academia, or book reviews, or politics, where good manners may be not always be more important than a robust dialogue.
This is an interesting take on fanfic that I hadn't considered. In all of the other situations you posit -- parody, review, academia -- the forms are also published, and the theme of public discourse can be more clearly seen (to me, at any rate); the idea of a public discourse in which half of the argument isn't public is interesting. I have to think about it a bit.
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Date: 2004-10-19 01:22 pm (UTC)This is an interesting take on fanfic that I hadn't considered. In all of the other situations you posit -- parody, review, academia -- the forms are also published, and the theme of public discourse can be more clearly seen (to me, at any rate); the idea of a public discourse in which half of the argument isn't public is interesting. I have to think about it a bit.