All Shall Love Me and Despair

Mr. Morrison (who I don't know squat about, besides this article) makes a few good points and he does include a surprising amount of info about fan fiction and its variations, but they're pretty much outweighed by the boatload of errors and misconceptions his article is peppered with:

In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades by Ewan Morrison - guardian.co.uk

Some examples:

Interestingly, by outshining the heroes Mary Sues reveal a lurking contempt on behalf of their fan writers towards the original characters.
- Or maybe it just reflects the writers' desire to be (super)heroines, so for once they get to save the day and get the guy? You know, like boys imagining they're superheroes?


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Also, Mr. Morrison's claim that writers before the invention of copyright can not be considered 'authors' (and therefore derivative works based on works of those writers can not be considered fan fiction) is ridiculous. (Besides - what applies once a work falls back into the public domain?) The only thing that changed was that suddenly writers had an exclusive right to the characters and worlds they created. But just like in the time before copyright, it is still a fact that no writer creates in a vacuum/comes up with something truly 'original' - all stories are in some way built on stories/archetypes/settings that have come before! The mark of a good writer is to combine those elements in a way that captures readers.

/rant

I have been remiss in sharing this Time article about fan fiction, which actually gives a well-balanced overview of fan fiction, its authors, copyright questions and different authors' reactions to it. Well worth a read.

The Boy Who Lived Forever By Lev Grossman

In honour of finally getting a John/Sarah/Sherlock icon, courtesy of mirnell:

As mentioned in my "Fandom Year in Review" meme/survey/thing, I like the "pairing" of John/Sarah/Sherlock, and since Christmas is considered the holiday of love and sharing, it seems fitting for me to post a list of my favourite Sherlock fan fics focusing on the three of them! I hope one or two of you will enjoy these too. Rating and author's summary are included with every link, please check out the individual stories for spoiler and other warnings and notes. Some stories are John/Sarah and John/Sherlock, or John/Sarah and John&Sherlock friendship, but the focus is always on the sharing.

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If anyone has other John/Sarah/Sherlock fics to rec, I'd be grateful if you drop a link here! :)

So, what do you do to chase away the blues of the first post-Sherlock Sunday when you're a member/watcher of sherlockbbc? You play BADFIC BINGO, of course! That is, there's a bingo card with Badfic clichés, and the community members write a story, round-robin style, trying to use as many of those clichés as possible. I myself was mostly refreshing the page regularly, and LOLing like crazy as the merry tale unfolded over the course of late Sunday evening. Good thing that my downstairs neighbours are elderly and hard of hearing - those who've heard me laugh in RL know why! The original thread is here, including reader comments, an illustration, and a link to some text icons based on some of the most sparklingly brilliant - or is that brilliantly sparkling? - scenes. If you prefer not to trudge through the various threads, you can read the compiled and finished version of this amazingly disturbing work of literature here. I guess I should warn that this is NSFW. ;)

Please note that I am unable to take responsiblity for any ruptured organs or muscles, bleeding eyeballs, or other bodily/mental harm if you do decide to click either link and read the story.

What happened to abundantlyqueer? I wanted to reread some fic of hers that I had in my memories, only to find her journal has been deleted and purged. o_O I didn't have her friended but went to her LJ to look for new fic every now and then, and I thought it wasn't that long ago that she was still around. I hope she's okay? And is her fic archived anywhere?

Well now here's your chance - particularly (but not exclusively) for the Pervy Hobbit Fanciers among us. :)

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Nothing makes a group of friends feel more helpless than one of their own being ill. In turn, nothing can pull together a group of friends more than a desire to give that dear friend as much caring and loving as possible. This book is the result of our desire to support our dear friend, lorie945 (a.k.a. Laura Mason), who is gallantly battling ovarian cancer.

The Three Hobbit Stooges (a.k.a. baranduin, claudia603, trianne) are happy to announce that For Lorie, a multi-fandom collection of stories and artwork, is now available for purchase on lulu.com:


Buy Lorie's Book!


For Lorie consists of:

- 44 stories
- 14 illustrations
- 6 fandoms: Lord of the Rings (the great majority of the stories), Lotrips, Mary Renault's The Charioteer, The Faculty, Due South, and Alias Smith & Jones
- Slash and gen genres, with ratings ranging from G to NC-17

The book is available in several formats:

- paperback perfect bound with black & white illustrations ($21.51)
- paperback spiral bound with black & white illustrations ($21.51)
- paperback perfect bound with color illustrations ($50.63)
- paperback spiral bound with color illustrations ($50.63)
- hardback with color illustrations ($53.05)

$8.00 will go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund from the sale of each book. The remainder of the price represents the cost to produce each copy. Lulu.com accepts a variety of payment sources, including PayPal, and ships worldwide.

This book was made with a lot of love, and all of us involved in its production are very proud of what we've made and hope that you will enjoy it. Of course, feel free to spread the word about it. We'd be very grateful.

Happy reading!



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Thanks to baranduin for providing the text for this announcement, and to the Three Hobbit Stooges for organizing everything! *hugs them*

It's an impressive list of authors and for a good cause, so go ahead, you know you want one! :D

I'm waiting for something without which I can't continue what I'm working on, so I'm spamming...

serenitysangel - you HAVE to read this - an AU with LOTR actors playing the Firefly characters... and guess who plays Mal? ROTFLMAO!!!!