I agree that fanfic is a more emotional dialogue than review -- that's partly why I value it, because one of the things it says that review has trouble with is what emotional reaction the canon produced. I don't know that it's more emotional than parody, or just a different range of emotions, though I suppose mockery is inherently more distancing than love.
This is another point of interest that causes me to stop and think a bit more carefully. It hadn't occurred to me (because, as I've said elsewhere, I don't read fanfic) to look at it in those terms. I'll read usenet newsgroups, and I can pretty much glean what the emotional reaction is based on the comments/diatribes there -- but this is a more subtle take, and possibly a more complete one. It seems to be largely a single gender take, as well. Or am I wrong, in that?
I consider mockery more distancing than love; affectionate mockery is possible, but it's usually twined with something more substantial in terms of story.
property is first presented. Joss Whedon approves of fanfic, but he's doing Television, and I bet he'd be a lot less happy if fanfic writers were to get together and produce and air their own version of Buffy.
People do make fan videos, mostly by reediting footage. I don't know how Joss feels about it. Lucas Arts had a contest for Star Wars fanvids, though, so I don't think objection is a universal reaction to work in the same medium.
This is true enough -- but those aren't shown in the same context. They're not shown in the theatres; they're not racked with the DVDs. In fact, in the Lucas Arts case, the parallel between book and etext and movie and fanvid might be closer.
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Date: 2004-10-20 03:01 pm (UTC)This is another point of interest that causes me to stop and think a bit more carefully. It hadn't occurred to me (because, as I've said elsewhere, I don't read fanfic) to look at it in those terms. I'll read usenet newsgroups, and I can pretty much glean what the emotional reaction is based on the comments/diatribes there -- but this is a more subtle take, and possibly a more complete one. It seems to be largely a single gender take, as well. Or am I wrong, in that?
I consider mockery more distancing than love; affectionate mockery is possible, but it's usually twined with something more substantial in terms of story.
property is first presented. Joss Whedon approves of fanfic, but he's doing Television, and I bet he'd be a lot less happy if fanfic writers were to get together and produce and air their own version of Buffy.
People do make fan videos, mostly by reediting footage. I don't know how Joss feels about it. Lucas Arts had a contest for Star Wars fanvids, though, so I don't think objection is a universal reaction to work in the same medium.
This is true enough -- but those aren't shown in the same context. They're not shown in the theatres; they're not racked with the DVDs. In fact, in the Lucas Arts case, the parallel between book and etext and movie and fanvid might be closer.