ysabetwordsmith | Where Canon and Fanfic Meet

You're viewing

ysabetwordsmith's journal
Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More

Reload page in style: site light

Here's a discussion about canonical fanfic and noncanonical fanfic. It matches my observations that privileged people often try to keep the limelight for themselves, while underrepresented folks use fanfic as a way to explore stories that interest them but annoy the mainstream. This is particularly interesting given the rise of mainstream-released material with major fanfic markers such as shifting time period (Sherlock), genderbending and racebending (double-tap in Elementary), and insertion of original characters (The Hobbit Part 2).

Current Mood: busy
Crossposts: http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/3126397.html

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

peoriapeoriawhereart

I can't recall if she was the only Trill or the 'best' from a random assort on the shuttle. It was a snap triage situation.

My understanding was that the hosts would be trapped going through a rotating me-you if the symbiotes didn't have Rules. There has to be room for Jadzia, not just Dax, and likewise for all the Trills. Recall also that there are fewer symbiotes than prospective Hosts, and while some people really shouldn't be Hosts, they've got the bar stated higher to quell demand.

See, and they could have had that just by choosing differently. But again, they wanted to go the way more traveled.

From:

ysabetwordsmith

>> My understanding was that the hosts would be trapped going through a rotating me-you if the symbiotes didn't have Rules. <<

That makes sense.

>> See, and they could have had that just by choosing differently. But again, they wanted to go the way more traveled. <<

As I've said before, this is why Star Trek is my favorite source for ideas that can be taken one step cooler.

From:

peoriapeoriawhereart

I did love the last season of DS9 where Sisko and (what is her name?) the cargo pilot his SO have a conversation about the Holodeck Vegas (also, his 'dream' sequences)

Edited Date: 2014-02-13 04:43 am (UTC)