Fan fiction and fan films.

I know that a lot of creators moan and groan about fan fiction saying that it infringes upon creator's properties and right and whatnot. Fine. Whatever. Personally, I love fan fiction and would just about kill to get that kind of fan interest in my own work. To date no one wants to create art, write a story or film a fan film based upon any of my work. Which maybe should tell me something, but doesn't. If it is, I'm either too stubborn or too stupid to pay any attention. Which is probably true on both counts. I don't think a piece of fiction really enters the "cool" stage until the concepts and the characters begin to take on a life of their own in the minds of readers and/or viewers. Until they start really "living" in the heads of people they're nothing more than words and pictures on a page. They're limited. All you need do is look at some of the really iconic and cool work to see some truly fantastic fan fiction - Star Trek and Star Wars, Doctor Who, Indiana Jones, The Crow etc. These (and many others) have fans really and completely involved in the work as opposed to just simply reading it. Why in the world would any creator poo-poo such interest is beyond me. Maybe they're the smart ones? I mean, if no one is gonna' care enough to make their own fiction from your creations, perhaps it's wise to say that you won't let them as opposed to admitting that no one cares enough? Me = Stupid. What's new.

Check this out:



Pretty cool, eh? Someone somewhere put this amount of time and energy into creating something this good and this cool based upon a cartoon from 20 years ago. Whoa. That's odd-weird-cool.

Speaking of nothing ... I'm goin' nuts. No computer and no ... well ... Never mind. I'm just feeling out of it these days and am frustrated at the amount of time it seems to take me to accomplish anything. Shoot and darn it all.

I'm just sayin'.