Welcome to the House of Fun: Buffy fanfiction as a hall of mirrors
- Linda Rust (Adelaide University)
Fan Fiction
- a community
- anonymity
- to fill in gaps
- character explanation
- focus on villan
- eroticisation
- crossover between texts
Textual Poaching
- rewriting
- outrage of owners (Lucasfilm)
Whedon welcomes and encourages fanfic - involving staff.
The"Mary-Sue" brand of fanfic - Author wish fulfilment
Superstar is a parody of this.
Something Blue explores the "Spuffy" relationship
The Wish alternate Buffy-universe
Female samesex pairing rather than the more usual homoerotic fanfic written by women.
PWP = Plot What Plot?
NC17 rated fanfic any more than just porn?
Whedon says - BYO subtext
Parody fic - self reflective