While we're in the music metaphor, I notice that most bands seem to see covers as incredibly flattering. The Rheostatics first met the Local Rabbits through a cover of "Record Body Count" that Pete's boys were doing, and the Rheos loved it. Fanfic could perhaps be more profitably compared to covers, rather than bootlegs.
I've also come to like some fics better than the original material. But the core ideas, the universe itself, are still intriguing to me. An old fandom like X-Men (or Star Trek) has been made over so many times that you can see the constant characteristics that recur, the "mythical" aspect that remains the same. In a newish single-creator fandom, the smaller details seem more important and a fanfic can seem like more of a butcher job.
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Date: 2005-07-06 05:42 pm (UTC)I've also come to like some fics better than the original material. But the core ideas, the universe itself, are still intriguing to me. An old fandom like X-Men (or Star Trek) has been made over so many times that you can see the constant characteristics that recur, the "mythical" aspect that remains the same. In a newish single-creator fandom, the smaller details seem more important and a fanfic can seem like more of a butcher job.