*Gary Kleppe <kleppe@mediaone.net> wrote:

*"Fox The Wanderer" <fox1@colla.com> wrote:

*Disclaimer : Here boy. Whistle. Disclaimer come here.

**First suggestion: Delete this thing and credit Takahashi. You'll have

**infinite opportunity to write funny scenes in your fanfics to impress

us

**with your wit. The disclaimer is the place to give credit where credit

**is due to the person whose characters you're using.

I read the 'Fanfic Writing Guide' on the..um..damn..lost my bookmarks and

the

name of the actual page escapes me.

ANYWAY it said pretty much the same thing, about actually using a proper

disclaimer too give credit where credit is due.

I thought about that for a while(Having almost no life gives one time to

think

about REALLY important things.) and I found myself disagreeing.

Oh sure if thats what you want to do God bless but..

Well..no matter how dark Jack Staik's fics got I could always depend on

his

'disclaimer' to put a big ol' smile on my face.

The entire act of writing a fanfic is to an act of praise for the

original

creators.

We all thank Takahashi and the others every day simply by being here.

I mean I'm very fond of my last 'disclaimer' humor.

'There is no disclaimer, only Zuul.'

So..its all perogative.

If you want to write a proper disclaimer, again, God bless..

If you don't,well I don't think anyone could really find fault with Jack

Staik's work simply because he has his own style.

Diffrences make intresting sparks.

I remain, as always,

                Mad-Hamlet

   And I have to respectfully disagree with you, in Gary's favor.  The

disclaimers are there for a reason... not to protect you, but as a statement

that you are not going to cause problems for the series' creators.



***Well.  I'll try to make this short and to the point.  I agree that in the
"we sue over spilled hot coffee" society of America it is best and most
prudent to put the disclaimer in.  At the same time the amuzing statements
of some authors like Mad-Hamlet are fn to read.  Why not a middle ground
here.  Put in your joke and then follow it up with the real thing or as
Larry posted make a humorous one that includes the necessary info...your
choice.



   The example that immediately comes to mind is an infamous incident in

which a girl wrote a fan fiction story based on Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar

series.

<SNIP>



Do we really need to bring *this* up again?  It's beginning to *sound* like
a friggin' urban myth.





J

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