tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post68837741314993526..comments2024-03-24T14:58:10.815-07:00Comments on Two Old Farts Talking Romance: The Fan Fiction FallacyLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-55737082592688073552013-01-08T19:27:26.307-08:002013-01-08T19:27:26.307-08:00Thanks Willa :)
It was sent to me a while ago and...Thanks Willa :)<br /><br />It was sent to me a while ago and I saved it. Who knew it would come in handy lol.<br /><br />Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745608296468827669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-15982363674305553982013-01-08T15:02:09.929-08:002013-01-08T15:02:09.929-08:00Lea, that video is awesome!Lea, that video is awesome!willafulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201963128584310884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-27881570211129632542013-01-08T11:03:18.216-08:002013-01-08T11:03:18.216-08:00Exactly!!!
And the best part is how this is the s...Exactly!!!<br /><br />And the best part is how this is the same person who flies into a rage about how people discriminate/look down on her because (fill in the blank).<br /><br />Someone needs a clean mirror.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-65192680351309160072013-01-08T10:44:48.025-08:002013-01-08T10:44:48.025-08:00Oh AZ, that comment fucking killed me. Especially ...Oh AZ, that comment fucking killed me. Especially considering how many people are <i>above</i> reading romance.<br /><br />Too many stone throwers in glass houses.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-1957876026334286562013-01-08T07:55:24.821-08:002013-01-08T07:55:24.821-08:00It's just a new way for some to look down and ...It's just a new way for some to look down and feel superior to others, as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />Mind you, if you are not interested int he trope, don't read it--but "we are above that"? Bitch, please.aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-69126651519815968582013-01-07T01:26:20.149-08:002013-01-07T01:26:20.149-08:00Let's face it, since Adam and Eve frolicked an...Let's face it, since Adam and Eve frolicked and ate apples - or the Big Bang created monkeys and dinosaurs - new ideas started dying out quicker than you can sneeze.<br /><br />You only have to look around to see that what you're looking at isn't new. Sure, it's got a shinier coat of paint or goes by a diff name but in essence it's started out as something else done by someone different.<br /><br />Movies, books, and songs all had to start somewhere. I like to think of it as everyone being given the same ingredients, how we use them is up to us. <br /><br />Speaking of ingredients, isn't that how some of the best known and loved recipes came about? Someone found a recipe, tweaked this, left out that, added more and voila! something new.<br /><br />I'm with you Lori - judge a book for what it is, not where it might have 'originated' from. I've read books and fanfic and quite frankly, sometimes the fanfic leaves the more 'original' stuff for dead.<br /><br />Oh, and to prove that one idea/thing can be taken and used by many and still seen as new and fresh, I give you...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQLeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745608296468827669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662316995305232662.post-83853856870507417052013-01-06T13:36:12.375-08:002013-01-06T13:36:12.375-08:00I know! I've seen very respectable looking &qu...I know! I've seen very respectable looking "literary fiction" that is so obviously Austen fanfic and nobody turns a hair.willafulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201963128584310884noreply@blogger.com