Tavia wrote:
Marian, Tavia, Marian:
My only aim was to bring up one aspect which I felt had been neglected
in the debate, namely the fact that in writing fanfiction, we are hijacking characters that other people created.<<<<
One teensy thought here. Hijacking implies physically taking some object
and removing it, with the effect that the object is not available for others to enjoy.<<<
<<grin> Challenging the wording of a statement when you can't challenge its
content is a well worn tactic. :-)<<
So's using an emotive word for a non-emotive concept :-) --- which is
what I was complaining about.
Taking your statement as quoted above at face value, it appears to
challenge the whole existence of fanfic, which I personally find odd in someone I know to have written fanfic. Do you care to elaborate, so that we can examine the content rather than just the wording?<
I'm not challenging the concept of fanfiction, just stating the fact that in doing so we are using characters created by others, which is something that seems to get forgotten sometimes in the heat of the debate.
Marian