Have you ever wrote a fanfic? And if yes, why (and for what)?

[Loethlin]

I've written some fics. I usually do Star Trek or Mass Effect, but when I was young and stupid (well, more stupid than now), I ventured into Harry Potter.
Due to my laconic manner of expressing myself, I usually don't go past 2k words, so it's mostly just some vignettes. I'm good at drabbles (exactly 100 words).

As for cherishing canon so much you don't want to screw with it...
You don't have to.
Research is key in every literary work, be it your dissertation, awesome novel (unless you're Dan Brown. Then disregard this) or just some fanfic. I see no reason not to try and set your story within the established rules of the universe you're writing for.
And if you don't do research, I judge you. Because not doing research is lazy and just shows no respect for the canon.

 

[SweetShark]

.........A cthulhu fanfic does count?

>.> wouldn't that be tentacle porn?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, thankfully not XD

And my mistake, I wanted to say a Lovecraft fanfiction, not Cthulhu.

The story start with a man, Eric Nodfield, going to a restaurant to eat. Suddenly in the middle of the restaurant, a giant hole appeared in front of all people inside the room. All the people started to looking at the hole for a mysterious reason, like something hypnotise them. Exept Eric, because he knew about this hole. He already saw this hole numberous time inside his personal nightmares. He knew that he must close his eyes and not look at it because the real horror inside it will come out and devour him, like the others. He knew he was blessed to been a chosen.

A small summary from the beggining from the fanfic I wrote.

Seems interesting, though I donno much about lovecraftian stuff.

Lets say with few words that the most works that have some influence from Lovecrafts stuff, is all about madness and Giant Evil Elder Gods that they want every single second to somehow screw the minds of our mortals.
My favourites of Elder Gods is Azathoth. If someone summon Azathoth in our world, Azathoth simple destroy EVERYTHING!!! His work-shippers are simple maniac that want to see their world burn.

 

[Lunar Templar]

.........A cthulhu fanfic does count?

>.> wouldn't that be tentacle porn?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, thankfully not XD

And my mistake, I wanted to say a Lovecraft fanfiction, not Cthulhu.

The story start with a man, Eric Nodfield, going to a restaurant to eat. Suddenly in the middle of the restaurant, a giant hole appeared in front of all people inside the room. All the people started to looking at the hole for a mysterious reason, like something hypnotise them. Exept Eric, because he knew about this hole. He already saw this hole numberous time inside his personal nightmares. He knew that he must close his eyes and not look at it because the real horror inside it will come out and devour him, like the others. He knew he was blessed to been a chosen.

A small summary from the beggining from the fanfic I wrote.

Seems interesting, though I donno much about lovecraftian stuff.

Lets say with few words that the most works that have some influence from Lovecrafts stuff, is all about madness and Giant Evil Elder Gods that they want every single second to somehow screw the minds of our mortals.
My favourites of Elder Gods is Azathoth. If someone summon Azathoth in our world, Azathoth simple destroy EVERYTHING!!! His work-shippers are simple maniac that want to see their world burn.

there's a lot of gods like that i've noticed.

 

[SweetShark]

.........A cthulhu fanfic does count?

>.> wouldn't that be tentacle porn?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, thankfully not XD

And my mistake, I wanted to say a Lovecraft fanfiction, not Cthulhu.

The story start with a man, Eric Nodfield, going to a restaurant to eat. Suddenly in the middle of the restaurant, a giant hole appeared in front of all people inside the room. All the people started to looking at the hole for a mysterious reason, like something hypnotise them. Exept Eric, because he knew about this hole. He already saw this hole numberous time inside his personal nightmares. He knew that he must close his eyes and not look at it because the real horror inside it will come out and devour him, like the others. He knew he was blessed to been a chosen.

A small summary from the beggining from the fanfic I wrote.

Seems interesting, though I donno much about lovecraftian stuff.

Lets say with few words that the most works that have some influence from Lovecrafts stuff, is all about madness and Giant Evil Elder Gods that they want every single second to somehow screw the minds of our mortals.
My favourites of Elder Gods is Azathoth. If someone summon Azathoth in our world, Azathoth simple destroy EVERYTHING!!! His work-shippers are simple maniac that want to see their world burn.

there's a lot of gods like that i've noticed.

This specific one, Azathoth, only with its appearance destroy everything. Azathoth doesn't have any kind of master plan or any kind of high purpose that serve the others Elders Gods, just destruction.
Oh course by hearing that, Azathoth is a cliche of any kind of classic evil villain, destroy the world with no reason.
But for that reason only this god also is called "The Blind Idiot God" XD

 

[Alssadar]

--My snip--

If I may ask, how do you define where imagination stops and butchery of universe begins?

-Snip--

Thank you for the answer!

But I've heard of fan-made setting of Brighthammer, which is basically a mirror universe to Warhammer (40K, I think). It is very recognizable mirror, but it is built from different roots (i.e. Gods of Order instead of Chaos, etc) and with different premise ("It is a time of high adventure!"). There are many recognizable elements (Emperor, Eldar, Orks) which might look like perversion of Warhammer but their role is justified in-universe. If I may ask again, does a universe as Brighthammer counts as a butchery?

In my terms, I could technically call it butchery of the 40k universe, as everything is different from what it is supposed to be, yes. But from what I've seen, I take it as an effectual parody of the state of grimdarkness, replacing it with noblebrightness. With that in mind, it is evident to to see that they define the settings that make the universe different, and follow these guidelines with said universe. By making it a parody, it is fine that they are using many of the same ideas and changing them, as parody exists to mock the original work, as they show just how over-the-top grim dark the original 40k universe is. It is evident that they have fun with the matter, as evident with the Angry Marines. Therefore, I find it acceptable for what it does and find the setting generally amusing.

The problem with bad fan fiction is when they try to combine these two settings, but keep trying to fit it within the original 40k, as the two ideas clash with a horrible cacophony that only creates dissonance within the piece, that struggles to fit in the universe. They try to keep it serious.

Spoiler: Sometimes its so horrible it's funny

AP English has taught me to love all grammar and despise it's butchery.

 

[Lunar Templar]

there's a lot of gods like that i've noticed.

This specific one, Azathoth, only with its appearance destroy everything. Azathoth doesn't have any kind of master plan or any kind of high purpose that serve the others Elders Gods, just destruction.
Oh course by hearing that, Azathoth is a cliche of any kind of classic evil villain, destroy the world with no reason.
But for that reason only this god also is called "The Blind Idiot God" XD[/quote]

XD!! Yeah, it kinda does, I assume the others make up for it.

 

[mongrelle666]

i still write them usually when i'm watching a movie or tv show and i 'm like oh my god i know exactly what's about to happen... oh. then i have to write what i thought should happen and then see if anyone else had the same idea. or if there is a character eluding a darwin award and i feel like i should rectify that.

 

[CAPTCHA]

Not really sure if it counts as a fanfic, but I wrote a re-telling of The King in Yellow. In fact I wrote several versions before deciding that I wasn't a very good writer and gave up.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Yes, I did years ago when I was much younger. 'Twas a Sonic one...

... let us never speak of that horrid pile of crap my younger self spewed onto the internet again.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Well let's see..
I did a Mass Effect one of Fem!Shep/Zaieed Basically I shamelessly shipped it horribly.
I started a StarCraft II fanfic of an original Character Ghost of mine that escaped from the Ghost Academy..it wasn't that bad but the character needed series new writting.
I do alot of OC/Canon fics, but I am too scared to admit those here XD

 

[Andy Shandy]

Technically I suppose I have because I submitted stuff in English at secondary school based in various universes. Of course, since they were all video game related, the teachers didn't know that they were set in these universes but they still passed, so I suppose they weren't terrible.

 

[darlarosa]

I do.
I'm working on a short post F!Hawke Anders post DA2
Two Mass Effects one in which F!Shep chose control and another in which she chose the renegade option. and in both I ship her with Kaidan...because I love him *serious face*

 

[Sindaine]

All the time, and for too many fandoms to count. It's fun to play with scenarios, to question, what if and then run with that thought. It's good practice---think of it like training wheels for original fiction.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Oh I can relate to this topic.
I've started just a few fanfics on my favourite game series (Fallout and Bioshock) which I often just scrap down plots and story ideas but i'm no the best writer so 'm not writing them everyday but pretty often. I been working on a bioshock infinite separate story prequel (which sounds crazy considering its still quite a few months away) butI'm not entirely sure where I'm going with it and i'm starting to think to just wait until after the game.
Often in my stories, I like to make them slightly realistic which adds a bit more of serious sense. I'm no one of those who write a fanfic to get some characters intertwined for a romantic story but I enjoying expanding on the universe the series takes place.

 

[Dragonpit]

My biggest fanfic project was based in the Sailor Moon universe, manga edition. I wanted to have three humans get forcibly get turned into monsters, but somehow retain themselves. Working with monster defecters, they play along with the leaders and officers of the monster forces in order to discover their grand scheme and derail it. But this means confrontations with Mini-Moon, acting leader of her Sailor Soldiers, and eventually, the senior members of the senshi. I also wanted the main character to develop a relationship with Jupiter as well, which in fact causes internal conflict and tension on every front. The overarcing theme for the story was supposed to be about the value of life and in living it, with monsters disregarding life, the senshi stagnating in life, and the main and his crew of misfits caught in the middle. I had such big plans for the story...but I never followed through, having only written a handful of chapters and never submitting them anywhere. *sigh* Maybe someday I'll finish it...Maybe.