I am an island. Or something. Cheese. Monkeys.

[tzikeh]

Very, very, very simple question, posed because I think I'm the only person left in fandom (and I'm mostly serious) who doesn't:

clarification: I don't mean you have to be *in* the fandom to be a "fan" of the source. If you saw the movie and liked it okay, that's enough. I'm trying to be really specific: if you haven't seen the source (no familiarity other than general fannish osmosis or you've caught an episode or two) or you don't like the source (tried it an didn't like it), have you still gone and read fanfiction for it - for any reason at all. That's the question.

[Poll #540738]

Note that there is no third option, because "Only if Fan X is writing it" falls under "Yes", and "I occasionally glance at stories for Y Fandom because all of my friends are in it but I don't actively seek it out" falls under "Yes", and "I only read Story Z that one time because everyone was raving and I'd seen two episodes of the show" - wait for it - falls under "Yes".

I'm feeling very alone right now....

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

To me, if I don't know the source than it's no different than reading original fic.

Right - and this hits at the crux of my question. I don't go to fandom for my original fiction. I want fanfiction to be fanfiction - and all the attendant joys therein. The basic delight of fanfiction, for me, is playing in canon your audience is already familiar with. I'm... just in a different place.

[reginagiraffe]

Well, sure. Do I enjoy fanfic that's written in a fandom with which I am very familiar and like a lot and written about characters that I know well and love dearly more than I love fanfic in a fandom I know nothing about? Absolutely.

But I'm pretty much willing to read anything as long as it's well-written.