I think you've hit on it -- reading fanfic is definitely more fantasy-oriented (no matter what genre or fandom) than commercial fiction for me. Which is odd, when I look at the completely random mysteries/sci-fi/fantasy books that comprise the fiction shelves of my book collection.
I've thought and thought about this with respect to the student/teacher thing, because it *is* problematic with the Snape 'ships. I really prefer not to read fanfic in which Hermione and Harry are still students subject to Snape's authority, and there's so much of that type of fic, especially in the Snape/Harry side of things. I'll edit it with no problem, though. Obviously. :)
Re: question about authorial ownership. There was a conversation started on this topic recently over at Romancing the Blog (http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/11/06/whose-characters-are-these-anyway/#comments), but I'm not sure how far the character ownership discussion went before specific debate about JKR/Dumbledore/Snape characterization hijacked the dialogue. If you're interested.
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Date: 2007-11-09 05:02 pm (UTC)I've thought and thought about this with respect to the student/teacher thing, because it *is* problematic with the Snape 'ships. I really prefer not to read fanfic in which Hermione and Harry are still students subject to Snape's authority, and there's so much of that type of fic, especially in the Snape/Harry side of things. I'll edit it with no problem, though. Obviously. :)
Re: question about authorial ownership. There was a conversation started on this topic recently over at Romancing the Blog (http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/11/06/whose-characters-are-these-anyway/#comments), but I'm not sure how far the character ownership discussion went before specific debate about JKR/Dumbledore/Snape characterization hijacked the dialogue. If you're interested.