Not what I said, @arthur_affect was talking about fan-invented lore
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It was EXACTLY what you said, literally word for word?
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Yeah, I used the term because
@arthur_affect used it. Well done.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
i think what they meant was, i quoted you, making a claim, specifically, that there was "no fan-invented lore," which are the words you typed, as a response to arthur saying there was in fact fan-invented lore and now you're saying you didn't say anything about fan works
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Oh, sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. “Fan-invented lore” was
@arthur_affect’s term but I was saying that fanfiction and fanon/headcanons don’t tie into the actual lore. You can believe it all you want but it’s not part of the lore/canon1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
That's why the word "fanon" exists (and fanon is frequently better than the original)
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I know, I mentioned the term in my tweet. There’s nothing wrong with fanon at all, but I took
@arthur_affect’s statement to mean that they demonstrate better world building than the original author which is paradoxical to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
How is it paradoxical that some fan writers have better world-building skills than a published author, who is specifically known by her community of readers as having extremely inconsistent worldbuilding?
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Whether it’s published or not is irrelevant. My point is a fanfiction is essentially someone making a sandcastle in a sandpit - the author made the sandpit. While the fanfic writer may be able to make a great sandcastle and even extend the sandpit, they didn’t make the original.
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Sure. But to say that "being a better worldbuilder is paradoxical" is to suggest the following: - Whoever made the sandpit is also by definition the best at building sandcastles - The fan building sandcastles, by definition, is has never and cannot ever build a sandpit themselves
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The best Harry Potter fanfics I've read have done enough worldbuilding that honestly the canon books read like fanfic of their work and not vice versa
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