That's What She Read Podcast Reading Group discussion
Complicated relationships with FanFiction
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I get wanting to continue a world that you love, but I don't like when it's published and I don't want to ever hear about the weird crossovers or pairings. LORELAI AND DEAN!? No. I also kinda hate all the terms for it: fanfic, fandom, shipping, etc.
I have never read fanfic and likely never will. I get pissed when they make movies of my favorite books which thy inevitably change to bring something stupid to the big screen ie The second LoTR movie!I can't I.magine reading something where they mix 2 books together or otherwise alter the stories. Makes my OCD flare
On a side note, thank you for this. I love talking books again...books that aren't Captain underpants. On a side note, Just to make you all share my pain, Cordelia turns 10 on Tuesday.
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1. I love all of the LOTR movies but admittedly haven't read the books.
2. OMG. I think I mentioned to Scarlet or Ravena the other day that she had to be almost a teenager. Other people's kids...making me feel older day after day ;-)
Serena, she is a teenager just a tad early. She can roll her eyes like a teen so that's good enough for me.
I loved the first LoTR movie which was pretty close to the book. The changes they made were minimal and made sense. I think I saw it 3 times in the theaters which is nutty. Movie two sucked ass when you compare it with the book. Half of the stuff in the movie was made up and well I won't get started. I was Ok with movie three, maybe I just lowered my expectations.The Hobbit now, I have loved those movies and they don't really follow the books and made a lot of stuff up. Yet somehow it was Ok with me. I think my love of the Hobbit, as it was one of the first books I remember, reading and rereading, lead me to ignore the movies liberties.
Have you ever read any fanfic? If so, what?
(Ravena, this question is so not directed at you ;-)