On the other hand though, we don't write these things for them to find. We write them for our own amusement.
Why then, are all the anti-Sue comms open to the public to read, and not kept locked down?
We're probably hurting these ficcers no more than ficcers themselves are hurting the original authors of a work simply by taking it in a direction they don't like.
Are you talking about hurting a ficcer's feelings and possibly scaring her away from ever trying to write another original character in her fiction?
And are you comparing that with 'hurting' Tolkien, by writing an alternate story in his universe?
Tolkien is dead. And the girl is alive. Tolkien has written his masterpiece, the culmination of his life's work. The girl hasn't gotten that far yet.
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I gotta call some shenanigans
Date: 2010-04-20 05:16 am (UTC)Why then, are all the anti-Sue comms open to the public to read, and not kept locked down?
We're probably hurting these ficcers no more than ficcers themselves are hurting the original authors of a work simply by taking it in a direction they don't like.
Are you talking about hurting a ficcer's feelings and possibly scaring her away from ever trying to write another original character in her fiction?
And are you comparing that with 'hurting' Tolkien, by writing an alternate story in his universe?
Tolkien is dead.
And the girl is alive.
Tolkien has written his masterpiece, the culmination of his life's work.
The girl hasn't gotten that far yet.