The Fan Fiction Thread

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I have a theory about Twilight fan fic that it is especially easy to write due to the poor character development in the source material. I have noticed that the less they resemble the original characters, the better the story is.

[NappingAthena]

Nov 13, 2012 13:02:54 GMT -4 @borokat said:

I have a theory about Twilight fan fic that it is especially easy to write due to the poor character development in the source material. I have noticed that the less they resemble the original characters, the better the story is.

This is true. I'm weird and always have to be reading soemthing online and I alternate among old threads from here (I'm reading the Britney ones now), Harry Potter fic, and Twilight Fic, and the only twilight fic i read are not Edward/Bella or Jacob/Bella, because I like the idea of Bella standing up for herself/getting a clue.

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I still think it is funny how a lot of stories try to "butch" Edward up and make him into a foul-mouthed chick magnet.

[gremlin45]

Fifty Shades of Grey porn 'rip-off' spurs legal action.[/color]

Universal Studios has filed a copyright lawsuit against Los Angeles-based adult film production company Smash Pictures.

It claims material from EL James' best-selling trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, which has sold more than 60 million copies, was directly lifted.

Considering EL James plagiarised Twilight to write 50 Shades, I'm surprised anyone would get sued for plagiarising 50 Shades.

[NappingAthena]

Dec 2, 2012 17:45:57 GMT -4 gremlin45 said:

Fifty Shades of Grey porn 'rip-off' spurs legal action.

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Universal Studios has filed a copyright lawsuit against Los Angeles-based adult film production company Smash Pictures.

It claims material from EL James' best-selling trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, which has sold more than 60 million copies, was directly lifted.

Considering EL James plagiarised Twilight to write 50 Shades, I'm surprised anyone would get sued for plagiarising 50 Shades.[/quote]

EL has also banned fanfic based on her books which is like...the least classy thing on the planet.

I'm writing a Harry Potter fanfic, that involves the British Royal Family and Harry moving in with a foster family at nine behind Dumbledore's back. I have a five page first chapter that's more like an intro and 12 pages in chapter two, but I feel like there's so much exposition I have to write.

[gremlin45]

Dec 2, 2012 19:38:46 GMT -4 NappingAthena said:

EL has also banned fanfic based on her books which is like...the least classy thing on the planet.

WTF?! She *knows* her books are rewritten fanfic, right? I mean, she didn't wake up and find them on her laptop with no idea of where they came from...right? Banning fanfic based on *her* fanfic... What a hypocrite!

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That is pretty tacky. What is she afraid of, that someone will improve on the source material?

[Auroranorth]

Dec 3, 2012 0:44:30 GMT -4 @borokat said:

That is pretty tacky. What is she afraid of, that someone will improve on the source material?

Well, it's not like that would be hard.

[chonies]

Dec 3, 2012 12:57:22 GMT -4 Auroranorth said:

Dec 3, 2012 0:44:30 GMT -4 @borokat said:

That is pretty tacky. What is she afraid of, that someone will improve on the source material?

Well, it's not like that would be hard.

Truth. But how do you ban something like fan fiction? There's already a parody.

[NappingAthena]

Dec 3, 2012 13:28:42 GMT -4 chonies said:

Dec 3, 2012 12:57:22 GMT -4 Auroranorth said:

Well, it's not like that would be hard.

Truth. But how do you ban something like fan fiction? There's already a parody.

You ban it through the major fanfic sites, basically-people can still do it on their own pages, but I know authors have banned stories involving their characters on fanfiction.net-Anne Rice and Nora Roberts are two I can think of off the top of my head.