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	lulinda 2003-07-12 07:45 am UTC (link)
	she has in mind something other than tales wherein Professor Snape is fellated by the Sorting Hat. OK! WHO WROTE THIS??? SOMEONE GIMME A LINK!!!! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	tintin 2003-07-12 07:47 am UTC (link)
	I, too, demand a link. I've read Snape/broom, but never Snape/Sorting Hat. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	darkrose 2003-07-12 07:50 am UTC (link)
	I'm thinking it has to be from the Fuh-Q Fest. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eljuno 2003-07-12 08:01 am UTC (link)
	Just for you! Hat Trick (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tintin 2003-07-12 08:07 am UTC (link)
	*cries* (Reply to this)(Parent)

	THANK YOU! lulinda 2003-07-12 08:07 am UTC (link)
	EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS VERY WRONG ON VERY MANY LEVELS! (I read it anyway! Hee!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anriko 2003-07-12 09:04 am UTC (link)
	*giggle* Hurray for magically-animated smut! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2003-07-12 10:22 am UTC (link)
	If you liked that, you'll LOVE this one... Faster, Pussycat, Faster! Snape/Niffler Thank the Fuh-Q-fest for this all, by the way. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ipomoea 2003-07-12 09:26 am UTC (link)
	It's probably a statement to my own sick twistedness that that part of the article compelled me to google "snape/sorting hat" until I found that fic. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bohicamouse 2003-07-13 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	I've never seen that one, but I've written "het" Sorting Hat smut before . . . as a parody, of course! *coffcoff* (Reply to this)(Parent)

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	amandatwop 2003-07-14 04:57 am UTC (link)
	I'm actually a bit surprised that no one brought up Missy [shit, I can't remember her last name] from Xena--that's some classic fan/pro wank right there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2003-07-12 08:12 am UTC (link)
	No, I am not a publisher, but I have been asked to read strangers' work for evaluation. And I've known a few editors (and by extention, their trials) in my time. This is roughly equivalent to saying, "I'm not a doctor, but I've put bandaids on people before. Oh, and I KNOW some doctors. Turn your head and cough." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	heyoka 2003-07-12 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Or "I've been in a couple of community theater productions and I therefore know all about the entertainment industry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littlekitsch 2003-07-12 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Oooh, that sounds familiar... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	I Love This Comment yadda 2003-07-12 08:19 am UTC (link)
	The ff authors obviously have taken her characters and corrupted and viled them. If JKR's characters existed in the real world, they would be suing the rears of these ff authors for libel. Harry, Ron and Hermione are being corrupted by those vile ff.net bastards! Why isn't anyone fighting to protect them!? WHY DOESN'T ANYONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: I Love This Comment ereshkigal 2003-07-12 08:53 am UTC (link)
	I look forward to the day that somebody introduces them to RPF/S. That should be real fun. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I Love This Comment yadda 2003-07-12 09:01 am UTC (link)
	I can feel the moral high ground being build up as we speak. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: I Love This Comment amatia 2003-07-19 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.acherontia.net/anonymous/ (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: I Love This Comment mrslovett 2003-07-12 10:12 am UTC (link)

The ff authors obviously have taken her characters and corrupted and viled them. bwah-ha-ha. I'm sorry, you have been disqualified from discussing anything writing-related ever, ever again. You have been disqualified because: [ ] u r l33t omg!!1! [ ] You regard the apostrophe as an optional decorative flourish on the letter s [ ] Your always loosing things. [X] Other: You tried to use vile as a verb. (Reply to this)(Parent)

rikoshi 2003-07-12 08:36 am UTC (link)

In the interests of full disclosure, I did once recently attempt a piece of fanfic as an experiment. I had intended to write an article about the experience (and I may yet do), but I was so uninspired by the process of using other people’s characters that I never finished the thing. In other words: I think fanfiction is trite and silly and a waste of time, at to "prove" this I shall half-assedly diddle around on my own for the bare minimum of time required to claim that "I tried and failed." Eef. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kimera 2003-07-12 10:03 am UTC (link)
	Or she really *did* fail, and is too embarrassed to admit that she can't even write using other people's characters *smirk* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yadda 2003-07-12 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Your icon rocks! Police-man-with-todo-and-ruby-red-slippers-Crais! (Reply to this)(Parent)

beandelphiki 2003-07-12 12:33 pm UTC (link)

What the heck is this bit about "magical aging"? I've read quite a few HP fanfics, and I don't remember seeing characters being "magically aged." They're just... ...older. Not to say that it's not possible there are stories out there that DO magically age the characters. But somehow, I just don't think that's what the article meant. Unless, like a lot of these articles about HP fanfiction, the author went out of their way to find a story with that oddity, so they could hold it up as a norm in the fandom. But for the love of whatever God, if you aspire to any kind of creative career, leave the fan stuff behind. Okay, everyone who has a friend is published/is in the process of getting published original work, and also writes fanfiction - or is in that position themselves - say "aye." ... AYE! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sorchar 2003-07-12 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	A-motherfucking-YE. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	virago 2003-07-12 03:11 pm UTC (link)
	Nay, however - If I WERE going to seek publishing, and people, say, googled me and said "OMG you once wrote fanfiction for fun on your own time YOU ARE UNCLEAN!!!!!" ...I wouldn't want to be associated with such hellacious wankers anyway. It's a freaking hobby. People who freak out about hobbies like that strike me as joyless pricks nine times out of ten. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	littlekitsch 2003-07-12 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	*waves hands in the air* AYE!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ueuecoyotl 2003-07-12 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Question: does this apply to people who were published before they went into fanfiction? If so, aye. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eljuno 2003-07-12 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	If this includes very-small-local press comics then I can add an "Aye" (Reply to this)(Parent)

kitty72885 2003-07-12 08:02 pm UTC (link)

What the heck is this bit about "magical aging"? I've read quite a few HP fanfics, and I don't remember seeing characters being "magically aged." Well, she could be referring to the Snape/Hermione stories that have Hermione aged a year (or two, or three) from overuse of the Time Turner, in order to make her eighteen (or whatever the age of consent in wherever the author lives). Oh, and AYE! :-) --Shannon (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ymfaery 2003-07-14 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Oh? Who else has done this besides Riley ("Pawn to Queen")? (Reply to this)(Parent)

iczer6 2003-07-12 08:52 pm UTC (link)

>>What the heck is this bit about "magical aging"? I've read quite a few HP fanfics, and I don't remember seeing characters being "magically aged." They're just... ...older.>> Well I think that the fact that Rowling ages her characters and allows them to grow and change, completely undermines her self-rightousness. I mean how she make herself sound important with people using 'logic' and facts. I mean since Harry started the book out as a naive 11 year old that's how the series is gonna end. It doesn't really matter that Rowling has the characters age, or that many fans usually set stories with adult content and themes after they've graduated. Cause children don't turn into adults. Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

ruaki 2003-07-13 11:42 pm UTC (link)

Okay, everyone who has a friend is published/is in the process of getting published original work, and also writes fanfiction - or is in that position themselves - say "aye." Super late, but even published authors still 'fanfic' in a way--Ray Bradbury constantly writes about other characters already established in classical literature. Heck, he even writes about the authors like they are characters. OMGWTFBBQ!!!11111 And then, let's not talk about those wacky Japanese artists, who, despite having their own popular published series and stuff, do OMGWTFBBQ FANART/FANCOMICS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF!1111 Ugh. --; You know, in the comic books industry, if you're a slave an employee of one of the Big Three or something, you're doing 'fanart.' No, the original creator of Batman is not still creating those Batman comics you're reading, yo. ::ranting at dead air here:: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

aruru 2003-07-14 03:50 am UTC (link)

And then, let's not talk about those wacky Japanese artists, who, despite having their own popular published series and stuff, do OMGWTFBBQ FANART/FANCOMICS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF!1111 Prime example: One of the most recent things the creator of Excel Saga (Koshi Rikdo [sp?]) put out were sets of multi-fandom doujinshi, some which included things like XENOSAGA HENTAI. And Xenosaga is a MUCH more recent release than Excel Saga. He's also drawn Sonic Adventure series gijinka H and CLAMP H (Chobits and Angelic Layer) pictures (both for doujin books and doujin pencilboards), for that matter. Oh, and let's not forget his sexy/ecchi pics of his own characters in those Excel Saga-only doujin artbooks of his, either. The people in this wank are so full of themselves that it's almost not funny. (Reply to this)(Parent)

mrbimble 2003-07-13 08:24 am UTC (link)

what a twit. because she tried to write fanfiction and couldn't, it's therefore useless and a waste of time? Now, I'll grant you that I wouldn't use my fanfiction efforts to try to get an agent, or to a publisher to get accepted. That's not because my fanfiction isn't good (I certainly hope it is! Unlike the majority of FFNet ninnies, I wouldn't slap just anything up for reading), but because of the legal grey area of fanfiction as legal or illegal. Oh, and I loved the "fanart is good, fanfiction is baaaad" arguement. As well as the "you're not an editor... well, neither am I, but I know some" comment. Gee, pretentious much? (Reply to this)

	jerry_ds_girl 2003-07-14 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	The people who run this board are supposed to be pros? And Tuesday is misspelled in the banner at the top. Oy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

eljuno 2003-07-15 01:47 am UTC (link)

Well, this is a "Small press and webcomics" forum, I think, so in theory they could be as "pro" as me and several other people here. But the two people I DID notice were Lea Hernandez (who's a pretty damn good writer, and worked on the translation for Evangelion, if I remember right) and Shaenon is the screen-name of Shaenon K. Garrity, who writes and draws a comic called Narbonic. And I assume, from context, that L Jonte does something called "Athena Jayne"...yep, she does. Never heard of it before, though. And that's all I recognized on my brief run through... (Reply to this)(Parent)