Anders Ämting
Auror
See, this is the mentality that I'm too stupid to understand, apparently. Why not? Why not push yourself just a little more? Why not try for more originality? Why not stretch out into the realms of undiscovered worlds, into the lives of unknown characters?
I'm not just being critical here. I really don't get it and I want to understand. Chilari, someone, please reason with me here. Make the case for fanfic. Help me understand.
Fanfiction is fanfiction, original fiction is original fiction. I think the crux of the matter is that you are automatically thinking about original fiction as a superior form of writing; that writing fanfiction somehow amounts to lowering oneself. You are thinking about it as "voluntarily being a bad kind of author."
For a dedicated fanfiction writer such as myself, however, your question pretty much amounts to: "Why would you eat apples when you can just push yourself a little bit further and eat oranges instead?" It's not that I'm not confident or productive enough to eat oranges, I just happen enjoy the taste of apples.
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