From: elaine@kethompson.org   
      
   On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 06:59:40 -0900, Bill Swears    
   wrote:   
      
      
      
   >I tried fanfic when I was just a kid, but never got anywhere.  I like to   
   >read the occasional fanfic, but it's pretty low on my priority list.   
   >For me the characters just don't seem to come alive.   
   >   
   >My daughter, on the other hand, has written some fanfic and hangs out at   
   >one the the fanfiction sites a fair amount.   
      
   So does mine, and I blame Sea Wasp.  Some years ago he posted either   
   here or on sf.written about reading a fanfic where Harry Potter uses   
   the Kamemeha (?) Wave spell against his enemy.  I asked the daughter   
   if she knew what that was (I don't watch anime/read manga and it was   
   clearly from one of those) and she did, and was interested when I   
   explained why I asked.  So she looked up the story read it, browsed,   
   read more....starting writing her own.   
      
   And then proddded me to read some so she'd have someone to talk to   
   about it... Some can be good.  And it's making her a more discerning   
   reader by a long shot.  "These aren't characters (in canon), they're a   
   collection of traits placed to be  plot devices!"   
      
      
      
   >I had a conversation with   
   >her that made me very uncomfortable the other day.  Apparently slash is   
   >short for gay pron fanfic.  I'm not sure where to go with this information.   
      
   There's a lot of that, which I'm also not comfortable with the idea of   
   her reading it - whatever variety.  She says she doesn't like it  -   
   romance and love stories and sex aren't her thing.  Friendships and   
   other relationships are fine, just not romance.   
      
   I do recall one fic she pushed me to read which had me realize there's   
   a good way to write stupidity.  Mainly make sure it's not stupid for   
   the sake of the plot(of the 'if they'd just talk to each other sort),   
   but in this case it was cultural blinders-type.  Gaah it was   
   frustrating to read, but UNDERSTANDABLE, plausible, and curable with   
   enough cluebats.   
      
   Which sites does your daughter frequent, Bill?   
      
      
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