Fanfiction of any stripe has a similar stigma. Yet fairy tale retellings (and I love them dearly) are, at their core, fanfic. The entire comic book industry is predicated on fanfiction--it's just that it has the seal of approval from the creator and/or the people who own the creation's rights. (Granted, comics aren't quite out of the literary ghetto in the eyes of many just yet, but the medium has come a long way in the last few years.)
Long answer is, I'm not sure exactly why the distinction. I have ideas, but they may not be right. Or maybe some are. Anyway, I never considered the parallel you talk about, but it's a good point.
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Date: 2008-06-08 04:02 pm (UTC)Long answer is, I'm not sure exactly why the distinction. I have ideas, but they may not be right. Or maybe some are. Anyway, I never considered the parallel you talk about, but it's a good point.