Finis

[shakatany]

Well I think the time has come to finish this. I'd like to thank everyone for their comments both pro and con. It's been enlightening.

Someone sent this suggestion to me in an e-mail: "but if you've got a good relationship with LC, and she's confirmed for you that she's not going to finish this, why don't you ask her permission to stage a "Finish HB" contest. It's a classic, so I'm sure that several writers would take a crack at it--I probably would. Feel like asking?"

Little did that writer know about the state of affairs between Ladycat and myself but it's an interesting idea, maybe not for "HB", but for other WIPs whose authors feel they cannot finish their fic for whatever reason. I can't recall it having been done but maybe now that the suggestion has been made it can be discussed...somewhere else.

I'm debating whether I will still rec "Hunt Brother" when people ask for a h/c or a hyena!Xander fic. I cannot, in all fairness, not warn new readers that it will probably not be finished and even with the *sob* removed someone might take issue with that. I'm sure, since it has many fans, others will do it with or without a warning.

This has certainly distracted me from my reviews. I have one that I hope to post later.

Comments

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

As I wrote as far as I know it hasn't been done. It was merely a suggestion by another HB fan.

[riani1.livejournal.com]

The general concept is intriguing. Fanfic is essentially the same thing for shows that don't end the way people want them to.

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is theoretically possible to write fanfic of fanfic so to speak.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

They do this ALL the time in some parts of other fandoms.

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

Really? With or without permission? And this is considered acceptable by others or are they ostracized? What fandoms?

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

Susan Foster writes a really kinda creepy version of Sentinel and everyone and his dog does fanfic of those stories, and there was a challenge where Spike got "revenge" on Xander. The author challenged people to write Xander's revenge.

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to Estepheia's challenge that resulted in Yin's "The Hour Series" and other fics? I thought you meant where a writer would write their own versions of a fanfic ie I would write my own version of "Second Verse" or something.

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what happens with Susan Foster's stuff. And the Buffy piece I'm thinking of, the writer did what I did with Deadboy... said that she didn't want to write Xander's revenge and challenged someone else to do it. My brain is whispering kaygr, but that's probably wrong. I have a bad memory for stuff like that.

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

What does Susan Foster think of it or does she encourage it?

[lit-gal.livejournal.com]

She encourages it, hosts it, gives links for it, and people will put in their disclaimers "GDP universe used with permission"

She write the GDP universe which is so out there that I have trouble believing it and it squicks me no end. It squicks *me*!