fox: girl with a fan.  fangirl. (fangirl)
fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2013-08-27 08:03 am
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fanfic: more than meets the eye

If there happens to be anyone who wants to further transform my transformational works by podficcing or illustrating or vidding or remixing something I've written (or some other transformational process we haven't thought of yet), I - suppose I sort of see how intra-fandom transformation is different than extra-fandom transformation, which is why it's a Done Thing to seek permission from fellow fannish creators when we come right out and say we don't believe original creators should get to grant or withhold permission from us? I guess that's what's going on?

But hey, goose, gander. I didn't ask if I could play with (for example) JK Rowling's toys, and my playing with them didn't make them impossible for her to play with, because this is not a zero-sum activity. So you needn't ask me, either. My two preferences are these:

1. In a thing that is different within fandom than outside of it, I'd appreciate a heads-up if you do podfic (or illustrate or whatever) my stuff, so I can go see it.

2. All of this applies only to things I have written as fiction about fictional characters. I categorically decline to be used as a character in anyone's RPF, and I also decline this on behalf of Real People in my life who are mentioned but do not actually participate here. (Real People who have their own fannish presences can make their own decisions, of course.)

Is there someplace we're meant to be saying all this other than in our own spaces?
king_touchy: Cumberbatch as Peter Guilliam (spy)

[personal profile] king_touchy 2013-08-27 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be thrilled if anyone ever *wanted* to do something to my fanfic, so for that reason I'm find with people performing transformative work on my transformative works. But my real reason is what you said: I don't ask whatever creators to write fanfic for their books/TV/movies/etc. Once something is published -- including fan works -- it is OUT there. People will interpret it however they'd like, and the creator has little control, and I'm okay with that.

I will respect what fan creators ask, though, because I'm part of that community.

As for where, thefourthvine made a post about blanket permissions and had a link to Fanlore that lists fans who have given blanket permission for podfic and the like. I have no idea how to get on that list. I have no idea how to make a a Person: Fan page vs. a User page vs. a Main page on Fanlore, either. Maybe I'll have time to figure it out after Dragon*Con.