On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Terrence M Marks wrote:

I've seen too many fanfics go beyond the point of "what if the premise
were slightly different" to "I'm going to write out my sickest ideas with
anime characters then post it to several thousand people."  I'm tired of
it and I don't think that I'm the only one.  If I wanted pervert stories
I'd go to a pervert mailing list.  [Note:  I am *not* referring to fanfics
which imply homosexuality or so on.  I'm talking about things like "The
Surrogate", "A Real Man" or "Revolution 9"...]

Cool!  I've always wanted to be on the recieving end of this sorta thing ^_^.

This whole discussion is bothering me.  I don't care about any of the
issues.  As long as I *want* to post a story, I'm going to.  I'm sure
other authors are the same.  As nobody is proposing moderating the list,
this thread is just a bunch of preaching. 

Jeff

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