Michael White wrote:

At 10:20 PM 6/29/96 -0400, Jeanne Hedge wrote:

No offense, but if your story isn't about the known BGC characters (or they
aren't going to be used much), don't you consider it misleading to your
readership to call your story a "BGC" fanfic?

And since "Another Story of Bubblegum Crisis" has become commonly related to
'regular' BGC fanfics (though the line is actually from ADP anime), don't
you consider it misleading to use it with your story?

A valid point, I suppose... although if it is misleading, it certainly
wasn't intentional.

I didn't mean to imply that it was.  I just thought it might be a little
misleading.

I did put a little blurb at the beginning of one of the earlier episodes
about there being no KS in the 'fic or in its immediate future. I guess I'll
put it in all of them from now on so as to avoid confusion...

IMO - that's probably a good idea for any story that is published in
sections rather than as a whole.  Anything that might be 'unusual' and needs
to be explained should go out with each part, just like Lemon Warnings tend
to go out with each part of a lemon.

Which leads me to ask this question: Are there many ( or any ) 'fics like
mine, set in the world created by the anime writers but not featuring the
central characters? I know that in Robotech, for instance, those sorts of
'fics are actually the most common type, courtesy of 'purism'.

There have been several stories here where the writer creates their own
anime-esque universe and characters.  I don't know of any off-hand where the
anime universe is used but *not* the characters, so what you've just said
about Robotech 'fics is kind of interesting (and strange-seeming) to me.  I
guess it might depend on the precedent that's been set in the past. <shrug>

Anyway, sorry if I ruffled some feathers... :/

You didn't ruffle any that I know of :)


Jeanne Hedge

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