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• 26 - Yukio Hiriataro

  Dec 06, 2005 at 6:49 pm

  I write and read Harry Potter Fanfiction and have been for near five years. I also write and read an assortment of anime and other related fictions. If you go to Adult fanfiction you can see the full range of fanfic's available. And AFF's only one fandom. Like music, or sculpture writing's an art- and fanfictions a form of writing next to short stories, novels and newspaper / magazine articles. People write fanfiction for a multitude of reasons- to pass time, work on writing skills, for the sake of writing, the need to get a good story out of one's head and onto the paper, out of a desire to see two characters together in romantic / suggestive situations etc etc.
  
  People *read* fanfiction for a multitude of reasons also- to pass the time, because one likes the idea of two characters together in romantic / suggestive situations, because they *like* it, to get off on it (both male and female though mostly female) and more.
  
  Know what a beta is? A beta is someone who actually edits fanfiction, yes we have editors- we take just as much pride in our spelling and grammar as any novelist.
  
  I myself am a published author- my book is fiction though it deals with subjects other then romance, and they are, of course, my own characters. And no- to answer your question, if I stumbled on a fic in which my characters were used in suggestive stories or otherwise- I wouldn't be wierded out- I'd be flattered, as a matter of fact. The sheer amount of HP fanfiction comes from the sheer popularity of the books- ff authors pounce on books / movies / games / anime's / cartoons etc that have good plots and well developed characters- the reason for writing a story that has sex in it, by using another person's characters and setting, is because you can forgo all the time consuming stuff like introducing characters plot and setting- and just get to the good stuff (i.e: sex)
  
  Already pointed out- we do not make money off of this, so I personally don't see the problem. Don't like it? Don't read. It's as simple as that. But seriously. Visit AFF, and you'll see *just* how vast this genre is- it's is an art form, and also a hobby- some stories are incredibly *hot* and - let's admit it- lately our culture revolves more and more around sex, our children are made privy to it daily on your average commercials- billboards, TV, store items- I passed a shop the other day with my two-year old and found dildo's set up for display right in the front window- seriously, who *can* keep everything away from their children, without removing what fun life has to offer? Are we to toss or prevent the TV from being watched? What then? Board games? Those only last so long. Parks? -Perverts in abundance. The only thing you *can* do, it give them your best definition of right and wrong, and hope they make the right decisions. Now that's just a broad example. But I'm sure you understand what I mean.
  
  Personally, I'm *addicted* to fanfiction. I love it. I crave it- I don't smoke, but it's just as strong a craving. And it's *fun* you people forget what *fun* was like? Some people fuck, some people write, some people act, some people sculpt, some people paint / draw / build / teach etc etc etc. We all have hobbies- would you harp on someone for painting a nude lady? Michelangelo's David- it's art, is it not? He's nude- his *thing* is hangin' right tout there for the world to see! Should we censor it and lock it up?
  
  For people who are shocked / offended by the sculpture- they don't have to look- no none's forcing them to look. It's the same with fanfiction.
  
  If you *don't* like, you *don't* read. It's really not rocket science here.
  
  All I'm asking is for people to be open-minded.
  
  The same goes for gay marriage. I myself am straight- but I fervently believe that love is love and knows no gender. Try and keep that in mind.
  

• 27 - uao

  Dec 06, 2005 at 7:05 pm

  Your *points* are very *well-taken*, Yukio.
  
  *I* never *thought* about *fan fiction* in quite *that way* before.
  
  ;-)

• 28 - Eda

  Dec 06, 2005 at 7:41 pm

  I agree entirely with Yukio. While to some people, it may be entirely shocking to discover stories about underaged individuals engaging in sexual acts, to others it is an art form. And like she said... don't like? Don't read. Almost any type of fantasy an idividual can have can be found within the fanfiction realm. Even sexual fantasies: bondage, sado masochism, bdsm, rape, gay, lesbian, etc. Most to all sites with "adult" fanfictions are labeled as such, so that it is more difficult to simply and unknowingly venture into them.
  
  And also, the point of: can you honestly expect that normal teenagers aren't engaging in acts of sexual nature before legal age? Sex is a status symbol these days within our society. We are made fun of if we do not participate within it, and, since to most it is considered "pleasurable", most are more than willing to partake of it.
  
  Fanfiction is a form of escape. A girl can write a story in which she has wings, or in which she is dating her true love (who loves her back madly and believes that she is an ultimate godess). It is a way of expressing what you would like to see or have as reality. It is also simply for pure entertainment.
  
  Nobody is actually being harmed by individuals writing about characters involved in sexual situations, and nobody is being forced to read them if they are against them. There is a distinct line between writing about sexual fantasies, situations, etc. and actually acting them out. THese are merely stories, and I believe they are perfectly fine.

• 29 - Yukio

  Dec 06, 2005 at 9:18 pm

  In responce to Uao: -_- Real mature - I'd love to thwack you, but I have better things to do. It's called emphasis, maybe you've heard of it?

• 30 - uao

  Dec 06, 2005 at 10:40 pm

  Oh lighten, up Yukio.
  
  I've heard of emphasis, but you know as well as I do you can't clutter up paragraphs with asterisks like that. What would an editor say?
  
  Anyway, I was kidding.
  
  ;-)

• 31 - Jennipher

  Apr 07, 2006 at 3:08 pm

  It's disgusting. Those are children and adults fantasizing about being with children is wrong on any level. It's one thing if a teen has a Harry Potter poster, but those sites are plain ol creepy.

• 32 - chrstian gerrne

  May 03, 2006 at 5:15 pm

  Is Harry Potter gay?

• 33 - Scott Butki

  May 03, 2006 at 5:20 pm

  Does it matter if he is?

• 34 - NR Davis

  May 03, 2006 at 5:28 pm

  Doubtful, but who cares?
  
  I wouldn't read slash fiction, but you can't punish someone for what goes on in his or her imagination, however disgusting or inappropriate we find it - even if they write it down. Don't like it? Follow my lead: Don't read it.
  
  Frankly, if some 50-year-old perv finds Harry hot, I hope he or she writes the fantasies down and engages in them on the page or in his/her brain so that repressed desires don't end up affecting the life of some real-life teenager.
  
  This is funny: I finally saw HP4 over the weekend. My first thought, made to my 10-year-old son, was, "Oh, gosh, Harry's hot! How did that happen?" (I'm queer and have no desire to deal with kids on a sexual level, so, young Mr. Radcliffe is in no danger from me.)

• 35 - Aliya

  May 13, 2006 at 6:41 pm

  Alright look- i'm a 13 yr old african american female, and simply put, it's no big deal! like many have said, unless you were deliberately seeking out these slash sites, you wouldn't just "accidentally" end up on one. they are clearly labeled so i wish ppl would stop with all the "my child can't go on the internet without all this explicit content being thrown in their face", bull. i happen to love fanfiction, slash or het, and if you don't like, don't read. simple.
  Also, many are wondering were the attraction to these fics stems from. Forgive me if i'm wrong, but for me, it isn't just the sex aspect that i find entertaining (although that is a big part of it), i think ppl are attracted to reading about their favorite HP characters in these situations bacause of an attraction to the actors who play said characters. when ppl think of harry, they think of daniel radcliffe, who is admittedly attractive to many. when they think of this sexual attraction, they can't help but associate it with a sexual attraction to the characters. idk atleast that's why i read the fics. other than that, it's just entertainment dealing with a series we all love.

• 36 - ColdSpring

  May 26, 2006 at 2:24 am

  Does anyone know of any links that actually states that a fanfic writer got in trouble by the law for creating a fanfic that featured underaged sex with canon characters?

• 37 - Scott Butki

  May 26, 2006 at 7:37 pm

  I don't but it's a good question.

• 38 - Lindsay

  Jun 01, 2006 at 1:03 pm

  JK rowling is never going to write explicitly because she knows that a lot of her fan base is very young and within the context of the books, lots of sex would be unnecessary. Fanfiction is a way of imagining the relationships we would like to happen in canon, but probably won't.
  
  Most fanfiction is moderated and comes with suitable warnings and ratings. You don't have to read any fanfiction if you don't want to. Also the majority of explicit fanfictions use characters that are 16+, which in England is the age of consent anyway. Most writers respect that it may not be suitable to use young characters. I think it is perfectly natural to graduate towards sexual relationships from the ones which Rowling created in canon. Harry Potter may be a children's book but it also deals with adult issues and relationships. The characters in the books are not children anymore, and neither are the mass of readers.
  
  I personally don't think there is anything wrong with sexual content within harry potter fanfiction. Its not what's in the fanfiction but how its written that counts.

• 39 - Lindsay

  Jun 01, 2006 at 1:14 pm

  As far as I know there are few restrictions on fanfiction writing, as long as a suitable disclaimer is printed with all writing then it is up to the idividual regulations of the fanfiction site whether or not to publish the work. If complaints are made about individual fanfictions then they are usually removed by the website that published them.
  
  Cassandra Claire's fanfiction series was removed from fanfiction.net because it had simply borrowed quotes from tv shows without giving suitable credit. Most fanfiction websites respond to complaints fairly quickly because understandbly, they want to keep a good profile.
  
  I think it is wrong to censor writing. As long as there are suitable warnings about the content of writing then there would be no reason for it to be removed. Putting restrictions on fanfictions would simply quash free speech and is as bad as book-burning.

• 40 - Hillary

  Jun 04, 2006 at 2:32 am

  Here's a blog on what
  Anne Rice did to fan fiction. She hates it:
  
  along with a quote from J.K. Rowling: "I've read some of it... I find it very flattering that people love the characters that much." - J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter fanfiction that can be found via the Internet. Fall 2000

• 41 - iggylani

  Jul 13, 2006 at 5:13 am

  so since the fan base is young we cant have sex in the books but we can have people that are important to us die? see friends get killed? why is sex worse than that?

• 42 - MJ Clon

  Jul 22, 2006 at 1:09 am

  As an avid reader/ sometimes writer of fanfiction, slash especially, I felt the need to comment. First of all, fan fiction is completely legal as long as the writers include a disclaimer. If the story has other major issues, they are usually taken down the moment someone notices. There is absolutely nothing wrong with slash fan fiction. Why? FICTION. Not only is the story itself-which never has affiliation with the actual thing- fiction, but so is its base. Even if I don't enjoy it, something such as a teacher/student romance is completely acceptable. FICTION. Fanfiction was created as a way for people to express their ideas for their favourite book/anime/movie etc., usually scenarios that don't have a snowball's chance of happening (Which explains its volumes). Actual sex limits and such have absolutely no effect on fanfiction. If a character is underage, so what? They. Are. Not. Real. If you must include reality, which I don't understand, as we're talking about FICTION, I'd love someone to explain what harm it would bring. Once again, FICTION. If one wishes to picture Dan Radcliffe and Tom Felton having sex, that's not the fault of the writer. Also, if one finds it unsettling, here's a thought. DON'T READ IT. Slash fanfiction, and fanfiction on a whole, are given ratings to prevent random people from stumbling upon it. Most authors also give the warning of slash, (or anything that may cause discomfort eg.bdsm, rape, death, disorders) or give the pairings. If someone really doesn't want to read slash, they don't have to. Simple. No need to attack those who do. One last thing I'd like to point out is that many slash readers/writers aren't in it just for the sex. Most of the time, it's a good plotline that grabs attention. Some don't even contain any (Not to say that a good number are not sex based). Some feel a slash romance would be better for their plotline. Some enjoy slash pairings. Some find it more entertaining. Whatever. Personally, I enjoy slash pairings, and find some of the stories to be more enjoyable and better written. Bottom line, don't want to, don't read.

• 43 - hurtingtruth

  Sep 12, 2006 at 5:23 pm

  I am suprised that out of all the arguements for the Fan fiction nobody has mentioned the FIRST AMENDMENT. freedom of speech! It is commmon knowledge that any book, tv show, movie, anything that is publicized may or may not get fan fiction written about the characters. if the author is so upset by that option, dont write the book. It's absolutely ridiciolous to get so upset over this. Dont like it, dont read it. They're not getting money, international fame, they are not a other option source of Anne Rice stories, so that when she publishes a new book that her fans will flock to fan fiction rather than her own stories. NO. she is still getting her money and her fame. She needs to get over it. Its FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I particulary dont like it when people call me mean names. But i can do nothing to stop it because it is the freedom of speech! Seriously, if it keeps going on about this. Pretty soon the US government will say that we are not allowed to talk/write about anything not involving our own selves. People are seriously throwing everything out of proportion here.

• 44 - Kati

  Oct 31, 2006 at 4:33 pm

  (Sorry about my bad english. I'm not from a english speaking country. But I still want to tell my opinion. So don't be to harsh about the grammar and spelling! Please!)
  
  I`m fine with fanfictions.
  Over the last years I was reading alot of them. Even my boyfriend is fine with that.
  
  And by the way I never found NC-17 Storys about the characters when they were under 15. Mostly they are 17 or older!
  To be honest this is the most important thing for me!!!
  Actually I prefer storys in wich the characters are at least 17 or older.
  
  Teacher/Student storys are quite disgusting. But I don't have to read them. So they don't bother me.
  
  To me Harry Potter and Co are just characters from a book. I don't see the actors when I read the storys. What is quite helpful.
  
  

• 45 - Julia

  Mar 18, 2007 at 7:33 pm

  ok u must be a prude because Fanfiction is just a creative way of expressing your self. some people may not like harry maybe they like Draco or fred or others who are not in the books as much. plus if they are a good writer, the characters seem more real.

• 46 - Kayla

  Mar 18, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  I think that fan-fiction can appear as inappropriate but these stories cause no harm. They are just fictional accounts of the writers mind. If you think children should not be reading these stories then parents should be more involved in their kid's life. TOM FELTON IS HOT. I wish someone would write about me and him together!!

• 47 - Louise

  Jun 18, 2008 at 4:53 am

  I personally love slash, but I absolutely hate the stories written by writers who put themselves in the
  other mainpart and end up romantically involved with them.
  
  It kind of gives fanfic the image that it's only written by hormone filled teenage girls.
  
  As long as the erotic ones are blocked for those under a certain age, I see no fault.