I got completely immersed in Buffy fanfic (Willow/Tara stuff seeing the forum I was on was completely exclusive to those two)...
Oh gahhh, Willow and Tara! *sobs*
I know
When rewatching Buffy now I just skip the end of a certain a episode and then it's like "Oh look, Willow's turned randomly evil for no reason and Tara is laying on the ground, she must be sleeping"
Nah, I don't actually do that, but I should, lol!But that reminds me... Being the Buffy geek I am, I went to convention once with Amber Benson (Tara) as one of the guests. Lots of fanfic writers were at it too and they asked her what she thought of the fanfics out there... She said although she doesn't read a lot of them, she thinks its great coz it allows the characters to live on and shows how much the fans care about each character so much that they immortalize them in the fanfics.
I know it's different seeing it's characters people are writing about but, doesn't it work for real people fics as well... We care so much for and respect the girls so much that we take the time to express that through reading/writing fics and essentially they are immortalized... Think of all the girls in H!P who may not be all that active in their jobs now but still pop up constantly in fics... They may not be all true, but they aren't completely falsified either! How many of the newbies here have learnt more about the members and H!P in general from reading stuff here? I know for me, when I first started reading I knew Melon Kinenbi but no matter how much I tired I couldn't remember the members damn names... All Aboard changed that for me! I know a lot of people have been introduced to the H!P Kids through fics too... So even though I understand the opinion of those who hate the idea of H!P fanfics, aren't we actually doing a favour to the girls by placing them on such a pedestal that we craft a whole world around them, in a non-stalkerish kind of way, for newbies (or future 'generations' as its said around these parts), who aren't familiar with older members, to learn from?
Riiight, so who likes ranting at 4am in the morning? I DO!