I have
never really understood the appeal of fanfics (fan-fictions). If someone wants to write, or feels the genius inside telling her (or him but rarely) to write, what's the
big deal of writing your own story? For me, fanfics are the least creative form
of literature. Yes, I hear your voices, goddamnme!! the defending of the
genre, the opinions that some are really good etc. Some may be, for all I care, I read only the horrible ones.
But for me, being in various
fandoms half of my life, fanfics are not actually Pulitzer award worthy pieces
of writing. It may be because I came across nasty,
incoherent and bad ones first and I'm biased? Maybe.
I don't understand what is so hard in writing
YOUR own story, with names and places created by you. Inspiration from people around, motifs or even
celebrities is fine, it is something natural, but writing slash fanfic with
real people somehow doesn't sit well with me.
I find majority of fanfics a worthless piece of wasted space
(to put the euphemism before the page break).
