Slog - Comments on "[He] kept taking Jack up to the end, when the (sic) both blew out on a six year climax"

Comment by ceeb

ceeb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:34:48 -0800

Oh no! Fanfic? Never!

1996 called. They want their misguided outrage back.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:39:23 -0800

Who gave these people license to write about things they've never experienced?

Comment by a.m.

a.m. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:44:26 -0800

As a HUGE fan of Brokeback Mountain, I would think the author would be flattered that her story has resonated with so many people in such profound ways. Her story very well could have been panned, or even ignored, sitting on shelves collecting dust, not being thought of or talked about by anyone.

I actually can't tell if she's upset that people are writing fan fiction, or that she receives such a barrage of this writing on a constant basis. Either way, lighten up, you curmudgeonly old hag, and try being a little more humble and grateful.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:13 -0800

Has she never seen the Internet before?

Comment by Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:57 -0800

"They constantly send ghastly manuscripts and pornish rewrites of the story to me, expecting me to reply with praise and applause for �fixing� the story."

Well, I don't know if "fixing" is her assumption or a phrase a fan wrote, but I can certainly see why *that* part would be insulting. People, please, don't SEND your shit to the author. Never ask an author to read your stuff, jeez (*especially* using her own characters). Protocol.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:59:39 -0800

i'd be annoyed if people wrote fanfic about my story's characters and tried to pass it off as fixing my story. it isn't any better than people who misquote you on a forum and write "fixed it for you".

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:02:18 -0800

What Bellevue Ave said.

Comment by chicagogaydude

chicagogaydude — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:05:16 -0800

Get her.

Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER

UNPAID BLOGGER — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:09:11 -0800

At least she didn't make the Cracked list:

The 5 Most Baffling Sex Scenes in the History of Fanfiction

Comment by leek

leek — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:46:36 -0800

I think I've had too much caffeine today, because that Cracked list made me giggle for like ten minutes straight. I don't think... I can... stop.

Comment by inkweary

inkweary — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:21:40 -0800

What happens in fanfic should stay in fanfic. I'm with the others who suggest leaving the content of Ms. Proulx's work to her.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:24:34 -0800

The internet is full of semiliterate jerkoffs who live to rape and pillage the creative works of others. Have people forgotten about Fanfiction.net?

Comment by east coaster

east coaster — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:37:27 -0800

I'm with Gloria- You NEVER send your fanfic to the canon author. That's a big no-no because the best defense fanfiction has against people who don't like it is the "If you don't like it, don't read it" argument. I don't buy the anti-fanfiction argument that authors have sole rights to their characters from copyright and therefore can legally forbid people from writing fanfic, because the purpose of copyright law is to protect creators' incomes and fanfiction does not damage their ability to make money off their creations in any way. Still, we ought to be sensitive to the fact that some authors find fanfiction, and especially the erotic variety, offensive by not rubbing it in their faces.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:56:16 -0800

We wish we could quit you, Mr. Spock!

Comment by did i do this rite

did i do this rite — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:01:55 -0800

Bellevue Ave slunk into his computer chair after a long day of working at the design review board. His drooping eyelids clearly communicated a life full of disappointment.

Mr. Poe peeked around the kitchen pantry to see if Bellevue Ave was in the mood for pleasantries. He guessed wrong.

"Welcome home lover!" Mr. Poe welcomed and cautiously approached the desk. "Would my honey like a backrub?"

Bellevue Ave spit out his fried tripe from Quinn's. His eyes were full of rage. "Do i look like I want a backrub?!"

Mr. Poe fell to the ground and shut his eyes as hard as he could, in a vain attempt to stop the tears from rolling down his heavily bronzed cheeks. "Why do you have to do this to me every Yom Kippur?"

Bellevue Ave let out a hearty guffaw, showing his yellowed teeth and clear signs of the gum disease, gingivitis.

"Because I hate you. I hate you and everything you stand for." Bellevue Ave slowly unzipped his camouflage-printed cargo shorts. "Now get over here before I get angry."

Bellevue Ave's snarl showed no joy, only evil. He squinted at his sniveling lover. "You won't like me when I'm angry."

Comment by Abby

Abby — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:21:59 -0800

@15: your grasp of canon is poor. Poe would never be bronzed!

Comment by whatevernevermind

whatevernevermind — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:29:54 -0800

And this is the day I discovered Annie Proulx is really old.

Brilliant and one of my heroes, but really old.

It's kind of cute, in a way!

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:10:18 -0800

@15, This is what fan-fiction should be like! Hilarious!

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:44:56 -0800

we need a slog fan fiction contest stat! I already have a lot of ideas, mostly involving dan and fnarf and 2nd base

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:27:13 -0800

omg.

wow, Proulx will be as successful in stopping Brokeback Mountain fan fic as Paramount was in stopping Kirk-Spock fan fic.

As in ... not.

Comment by ur doin it rong

ur doin it rong — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:10:27 -0800

@15 You're doing it wrong.