From: 'Genryu' Eav
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 9:16 PM
To: Fanfic ML
Subject: Re: [FFML] What Kind of Fanfic Should an Author Create?



As this is an open letter to the FFML, I will respond
in kind, and politely say:
Why are your two views the only ones?

Who said they were?  ^_^

Or rather... why should I, as a writer, accept your two
extremes as the only ones?

Who said you did?  ^_^

I think we clearly say that it is up to each person to decide their views
for themselves.  We only hope to persuade.  Joseph has his, I have mine.
Your mileage may vary.

I'd like to present a different view--and that is that
in order for a fanfic writer to be a -fanfic- writer, he
or she must be able to -both- express their view -and-
conform to the laws, rules, and sundry set forth
by the original creator.

And who decides what those rules are?  Very, very few authors say, "This
is the kind of fanfiction you should produce, and no other."  If my
interpretation of Rumiko Takahashi's "laws, rules, and sundry" is
different form yours, whose is right?

Anyways, enough ranting from me. :)

I certainly don't consider it ranting.  :)  Interesting views.

-Richard