Fandom musing

[kippurbird]

A while ago, I hit upon the idea of writing a sort of parody/examination on the girl bamfs into Middle Earth fan fiction. My reasoning for this was, "How come the LotRs fan girl always ends up in Middle Earth and the Harry Potter fan girl ends up in Hogwarts?" The likelihood of that seemed rather abnormal, so instead I decided to write a story where three LotRs fan girls did not drop into Middle Earth, but instead into my world, which they mistook for Middle Earth because to be honest everything they learned about Middle Earth came from the movies and other fan fiction.

(If you must read it -and I so need to go over it - you can find it here)

I got a review today from First Gurl Rider who wanted to know "what this story had to do with Lord of the Rings"

I replied to her saying that it was a parody/satire, basically explaining to her what I mentioned above.

Then, out of curiosity, I checked out her profile. She has four stories.

. Harry Potter and Friends On AIM » reviews
LOL! I think this is hilarious but stupid. Plz read and reveiw. I do not read flames.

POOF! Harry Potter Style! reviews
First story thing in my POOF! series! Warning: Half-Blood Prince spoiler Tell me if I should continue this one. It's about me and my friend Selby randomly POOF - ing into the Harry Potter books. Erm.. ya.. So interesting rite? RITE? Good. Loolz! TEEHEE!

3. AwkwardMomentsWithHarryRonandHermione reviews
I think this story is cheezy but funny! I am horrible at summarys! Please read and review!

Ska8ter Boi Ron Lavender Hermione reviews
I think this is stupid. I'm posting it anyway. Stupid being the key word here. Beware, will not read flames!

Which makes me wonder... how is my story any less having to deal with Lord of the Rings than her stories having to do with Harry Potter?

Comments

[subieko.livejournal.com]

OMG kippur r u flamin? cuz she does'nt read flames ya know!

*shudders*

Fanbrats think that sticking the names of the canon characters onto personality-less clones of them means it's a good story. The SETTING isn't a big concern for most fanbrats; just the relative 'hawtness'. -_-;;

I'll admit to writing some not-very-canon stories, but only the parodies! Only the parodies, I swear!

...I keep my crappy fanfics from when I was 10 up on my fanfiction.net account. They're a little embarrassing, but at least I could use a spacebar and spell. 'rite', indeed...

Also, your parody idea cracks me up, I may have to read that later.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I did not flame! She contacted me first!

And yes. I agree.

[canadianevil.livejournal.com]

Well, to be honest, yours has less to do with Lord of the Rings, because it's not set in the LotR universe and it doesn't have LotR characters. It is pretty much original fic.

Hers is stupid, but it is fanfic.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY FIC IT'S FAN FICTION SO THAT MEANS I CAN WRITE WHAT I WANT! YOU COULDN'T WRITE AT ALL I BET SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE DON'T READ!!11!!11

[canadianevil.livejournal.com]

No, no, no, my point was it wasn't fanfic. :D

[eddiesteddy4711.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I think it's brilliant so far. :3

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

^_^ thank you. I just really need to get back to it.

[mranon-y-mous.livejournal.com]

She sounds like a complete moron. I like how she put on a her flam retardent suit.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

She's young and doesn't understand how to take criticism. So, that's okay.

[acdragonmaster.livejournal.com]

I remember that fic!

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. >.>

You know, I really hate these copy and paste profile memes...

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

If you are in middle school, or high school, and you know more than some collage students, copy this onto your profile

*snorts* There's a sort of beautiful irony in there...

Normal people are weird and not very smart. Copy and paste this, if you've ever wished you could get your IQ tested, just so you could find out exactly how much smarter you are than everybody else.

Especially those collage students. It's important to be smarter than them.

Weird is good, strange is bad, and odd is when you don't know what to call someone. Weird is the same as different, which is the same as unique, then weird is good! If you are weird and proud of it, copy and paste this onto your profile.

But you just said that normal people were weird... And that's the worst brutalization of the definitions of "weird", "different", and "unique" I've seen in a long time.

Re: You know, I really hate these copy and paste profile memes...

[wariena.livejournal.com]

Don't get me started on how much I hate these things.

Weird is good, strange is bad, and odd is when you don't know what to call someone.

What's wrong with strange? Or odd? They're bloody synonyms, for goodness' sake. =/

Weird is the same as different, which is the same as unique, then weird is good! If you are weird and proud of it, copy and paste this onto your profile.

Oh, wow, you have something copied-and-pasted from someone else's profile just slapped on your page that just about everyone on FF.net has too. I'm so impressed by your unique-ness. *eyeroll*

Re: You know, I really hate these copy and paste profile memes...

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

They do. It's annoying.

But you just said that normal people were weird... And that's the worst brutalization of the definitions of "weird", "different", and "unique" I've seen in a long time.

Oh stop with trying to apply logic, will you?

Re: You know, I really hate these copy and paste profile memes...

[guardians-song.livejournal.com]

Normal people are weird and not very smart. Copy and paste this, if you've ever wished you could get your IQ tested, just so you could find out exactly how much smarter you are than everybody else.

I did when I was 5. I don't brag about it, but suffice to say it explains why I went through my Suethor and massive-crossover stages without any internet exposure all before I hit 12 whereas the average Suethor keeps going until they hit 17. -_-;; However, it's just massive hubris to say "I wan' PROOF of how much I pwn everybody", especially when you can't correct the spelling in the word "college". D:

[jacedraccus.livejournal.com]

Seek not to plumb the depths of stupidity. Seek not to find logic in idiocy.

For lo, you shall find what ye seek, and it will destroy your very soul!

Or give you a migraine.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I imagine a migraine because I've lost my soul somewhere. I put it in a very good place.

Sorry, I think I misundertood what you are telling.

[mad-troll.livejournal.com]

Because it sounded like you were looking for sanity in bloody LotR and HP fandom.
Which is as rare as a dodo.

RE:

Which makes me wonder... how is my story any less having to deal with Lord of the Rings than her stories having to do with Harry Potter?

In this regard I agree with canadianevil: her stories, regardless of quality, are HP fan-fiction, in that they're based on that world.
You story, on the other hand, is based on the LotR fandom and its clicheés, so I suppose it is..LotRfandom fan-fiction?

Re: Sorry, I think I misundertood what you are telling.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT MY WRITING!

*coughs*

You have a perfectly legitimate complaint, and you're absolutely right.

The way of self-flagellation

[mad-troll.livejournal.com]

I hope it won't, but this might still come out as mildly offensive.. ^__^'
For someone who doesn't get the sexual "thing" you sure seem to tread the masochistic way: LKH first, LotR fandom now..are you going to try the deep, darkity waters of band-fandom later?
Because really, really don't have the guts to go there..

Re: The way of self-flagellation

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Band fandom? Yea gods no! I don't do real people fic. It creeps me out to no end.

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

I agree with candiandevil and mad_troll as well...but from what I see, your story still kicks hers in terms of quality. And dammit, you just gave me an idea where a fangirl of one series is dropped into another one she doesn't like so much...XD

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

I would read that fic.

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

...That's an incentive to write if I ever heard one ^^