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August 7, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Dear Lena.
Thank you very much for making these points clear. I myself am new to Ai No Kusabi, but I strongly value the tenets of canon in any fandom. I guess I'm thinking of the creators. They spent a lot of time and energy creating the characters and the worlds that spark an answering fire in thousands of fans around the world. I haven't read an English translated version of the original Ai No Kusabi, but I would love to if I could find one. In the meantime, just let me say that I have great respect for your skills as a writer and your adherence to canon. I'm so glad I found you first when I went looking for A.N.K fan fics, because I truly value good writing, and I found in yours an almost exact approximation of the world I had just left in the anime. Thank you again for taking the time to write fiction for people like me and to outline common myths for our edification.
Thank you very much for making these points clear. I myself am new to Ai No Kusabi, but I strongly value the tenets of canon in any fandom. I guess I'm thinking of the creators. They spent a lot of time and energy creating the characters and the worlds that spark an answering fire in thousands of fans around the world. I haven't read an English translated version of the original Ai No Kusabi, but I would love to if I could find one. In the meantime, just let me say that I have great respect for your skills as a writer and your adherence to canon. I'm so glad I found you first when I went looking for A.N.K fan fics, because I truly value good writing, and I found in yours an almost exact approximation of the world I had just left in the anime. Thank you again for taking the time to write fiction for people like me and to outline common myths for our edification.
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July 26, 2006 at 12:00 AM
I don't know Ai no Kusabi and was just randomly browsing around when I stumbled on your text, but I wanted to leave a review to applaud your idea of writing such an article. :D
I agree so much with this:
>>I absolutely don’t claim that fanfics must strictly stick to the canon.
>>I love many AnK stories that do not. However it would be good to know
>>the true picture to be aware what we choose to ignore. Or to be able
>>to avoid untruths when we want to stick to the canon after all.
Way too many series suffer from that phenomenon nowadays, where people start writing fanfiction or building information websites (!!) based solely on random info they've gathered on the net, or often found in fanfiction, and it is so very sad.
While I do find that one doesn't have to remain fully faithful to canon for a fic to be good, I strongly believe that one cannot give a good/fully enjoyable for the readers depiction of a series if he/she doesn't actually masters said universe. It's one thing to choose AU settings or modify things to the point where it's almost a different story, but I believe it must be done with knowledge of the canon, like you said. Only then the characterization can actually be good and believable. :D
One can only chose to ignore something if they already know that stuff, and not if their knowledge of the series is based on incorrect info. :)
I hope that your article helps your fandom! ^_^/
I agree so much with this:
>>I absolutely don’t claim that fanfics must strictly stick to the canon.
>>I love many AnK stories that do not. However it would be good to know
>>the true picture to be aware what we choose to ignore. Or to be able
>>to avoid untruths when we want to stick to the canon after all.
Way too many series suffer from that phenomenon nowadays, where people start writing fanfiction or building information websites (!!) based solely on random info they've gathered on the net, or often found in fanfiction, and it is so very sad.
While I do find that one doesn't have to remain fully faithful to canon for a fic to be good, I strongly believe that one cannot give a good/fully enjoyable for the readers depiction of a series if he/she doesn't actually masters said universe. It's one thing to choose AU settings or modify things to the point where it's almost a different story, but I believe it must be done with knowledge of the canon, like you said. Only then the characterization can actually be good and believable. :D
One can only chose to ignore something if they already know that stuff, and not if their knowledge of the series is based on incorrect info. :)
I hope that your article helps your fandom! ^_^/