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very true!
and on that note, working so hard on a character,
(I'll use Drizzt Do'Urden)
and turning him into a maniacal sex fiend really seems wrong for what he stands for. the way I think, play around with him, and try to mold him into something reasonable, and not horribly flip his attitude toward the way he thinks, acts, or speaks. instead, make him gradually do that ^_^
which in it's self is fun ^_^
if this makes no sence, don't ask. I lost my train of thought through half of what I wrote, lol ;p
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Anyway after I thought about it I realized published fanfic is everywhere. Any comic book that the original writer/artists aren
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Yeah cause most of them are horrible. ha ha
So horrible sometimes that you get disgusted with the staff turnover and stop reading for a good long time.
Anyway Gnostic I was making more of a broad generalization for when an original artist/writer either retires, dies or there's some internal power struggle that leads to them not working on something anymore. Continuity aside it seems whenever someone new takes over a project that they usually seem to be a fan of the original work (for the best really since I don
It's a method certain major companies have used to satisfy their fanbases with a lower-cost "fix" than television shows, movies, or comic books.
My brother, currently in the Navy, can't stand to read books, but he did read a series of X-Men books back in middle school -- the only works of fiction he ever read outside of school assignments as far as I know. I tried to read them, but it was horrible. I suppose I just prefer to associate with the X-Men in a visual medium.
On the other hand, I love my Expanded Universe novels, and am only looking to sell them because I need money, and won't need them after I ship out. I'm not proficient enough to take a stab at writing any serious Star Wars fanfic (I know, I've tried, and it still looks like crap), and some of the authors did a pretty poor job with the canon (like Kevin J. Anderson). Still, I have like 20 of the books left, and a few that I'd rather not sell (my original trilogy books and a trivia book I got in middle school).
I think it would be nice if anime companies would do something like that, but it would be a lot of work to support that kind of initiative if they were to try and verify it compared to canon -- which is part of why George Lucas only set out a few guidelines, and then said if it doesn't contradict the movies, radio shows, or movie novelizations, then it is officially accepted as canonical. It might be fun to see something similar done with some series (I can think of a few that could benefit, like Pokemon and Digimon) with guidelines like...
Digimon EU Guidelines:
(1) It cannot be an explicitly pornographic story.
-- Really, this one is common sense, since we're talking about a children's series. The EU stories, then, might be aimed at a somewhat older demographic, but should still be generally kid-friendly. Also, because of the characters ages, sex should be avoided, but could be done in a tasteful manner, as long as it stays a small part of the story.
(2) It cannot involve any known set of children/partners during the course of their adventures, without permission. This may, or may not, include the original Chosen from Adventure.
-- Simple way to avoid messing up the Canon sources wth the Officially recognized stories. Similar to the way Lucas didn't let authors write about Luke and Leia's mother without permission because, after all, he wanted to tell her story. The problem, to me, is whether this would allow for concurrent groups of heroes, like my Digimon Gaiden series relies on.
Any other ideas for EU guidelines? Those are the biggest ones I can think of off the top of my head... But yeah, fanfic has been published for quite some time, but most of the published stuff has been given the nod by the copyright holders, and has restrictions on what can be published, which is why you're not likely to find any Kirk/Spock novels in your local bookstore.
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Those make a lot of sense.
Yeah it'd be nice if some life could be breathed back into the series like that. Then maybe we'd have a better shot at getting more merchandise and the rest of the movies brought over. (Yes I know there
