Subject: [FFML] Re: [rant] All about the Gratuitous Theater Project....
From: "Robyn, Duke of Amber" <seraphim@sentex.net>
Date: 5/1/2000, 12:22 PM
To: Whimsical
CC: ffml@fanfic.com


Oddly enough what is most fan-fiction but a re-write of the "original"
 This I will admit is a gross generalization but overall pretty true.

 But, I DO agree. Putting your own spin on another's work (providing that
they know of course....I had an *incident* like this occur to me (or
rather a story of mine) on the yuri mailing list and It spum me rather
than the original story I wrote.) Can shed new insights into both the
"original" series, the "original" fic and perhaps their creators
motivatioons (unconcious or not) as well.


Neil
  

On Mon, 1 May 2000, Whimsical wrote:

It's just a rewrite, goddamn it!  The upshot of it is
it's still a damned good work that can stand on it's
own.  The downside of it is ... if you're going to
rewrite a fanfiction, why not play around with it
while you're at it?  Keep the original concept (of
course) but do something that'll make the original
author go, "Now why didn't I go and do that?"  I
realize this may be a rather tall order, but that's
life.  You know ... rewrite the story exclusively from
the POV of ONE of the characters ... de-lemonize a
lemon and still maintain the story ...give a dark fic
a happily-ever-after-ending.  Oh, male bovine
excrement.  I've gone totally off-tangent now.

Summation.  The GT project is great and I applaud the
idea.  Your version was good.  Now could you please go
and give the readers a REAL re-write?  By the bye ...
posting the original fic along with the retake would
be nice.  ^_^


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