Fanfiction was a significant a part of my earliest on-line fandoms, and it was a means for me to discover my pursuits and meet fellow followers. Whereas I not learn them, I generally nonetheless take into consideration the issues that drove me: the way it felt till then like nobody else preferred what I preferred, and the way so many works I liked had essentially the most barebone particulars.
Within the years since, fanfiction has change into such a significant power in nerd media. Placing apart the entire matter of fanfics remodeling into wildly profitable books and media franchises, there’s simply no lack of titles to make use of for inspiration. What’s extra, a number of standard titles are so obsessive about continuity that there isn’t any scarcity of canon to mine. Issues like Star Wars and superhero films simply like to fill in each final element.
I believe that is a part of why AU fics could be so standard: There’s a lot “official” info that it could be overwhelming. By placing one thing in an AU, maybe you’re extracting the essence of what you care about most with out having all the additional baggage of a messy storyline or a convoluted universe. It’s not likely my velocity, personally talking, however I do discover it fascinating simply how that is nearly the alternative of why I pursued fanfiction as a teen. I used to undergo from a dearth of supply materials, the place exhibits may not actually have a actual ending, or video games may not have any story particulars apart from what was within the instruction handbook.
Currently, I’ve had a little bit of an itch to do some fiction writing. Perhaps I ought to attempt it on some fanfiction first. Although if I do find yourself doing something, I’d determine to create a brand new pen title.
