1. Give them a call. Pride can take a hit and keep going - more so if you know that you're doing something for the right reasons. Self-respect isn't such a simple thing that taking the blame for something that isn't solely your fault will crush it. If you know that you had extenuating circumstancts, you are still a decent person, even if you have to apoligize and act the part of the offender.
2. Politics will wax and wane - I take the approach that fanfic should be taken for what it is - fun. If the politics - or the people who are deep into the politics can't remove themselves from what is ultimatly an unimportant hobby - then something is wrong with them, not the hobby itself.
Enjoy the stories, enjoy the company of people in the community. Everything else is secondary. Silly politics won't detract from the fact that you are a fantastic writer, who has produced stories that have entertained a large number of people - and it won't stop people from writing stories that will entertain you.
The silly people who think that they are being ghettoized over FANFICTION are just that - silly. People who sit and worry about any part of this that doesn't actually come over and bite them in the real world have made too much of a big deal about things. (Myself included at times.)
Relax. Go read something fun, or write something fun. Or help me beta something demented. (You know, I had these questions about writing dialouge for John Constantine I had for you...) (Yes, I'm a selfish ass.) -
Ultimatly my advice to you about fanfiction is - enjoy the good parts, ignore the shitheads who make petty parts bigger than good parts, and have fun. That's what its for.
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2. Politics will wax and wane - I take the approach that fanfic should be taken for what it is - fun. If the politics - or the people who are deep into the politics can't remove themselves from what is ultimatly an unimportant hobby - then something is wrong with them, not the hobby itself.
Enjoy the stories, enjoy the company of people in the community. Everything else is secondary. Silly politics won't detract from the fact that you are a fantastic writer, who has produced stories that have entertained a large number of people - and it won't stop people from writing stories that will entertain you.
The silly people who think that they are being ghettoized over FANFICTION are just that - silly. People who sit and worry about any part of this that doesn't actually come over and bite them in the real world have made too much of a big deal about things. (Myself included at times.)
Relax. Go read something fun, or write something fun. Or help me beta something demented. (You know, I had these questions about writing dialouge for John Constantine I had for you...) (Yes, I'm a selfish ass.) -
Ultimatly my advice to you about fanfiction is - enjoy the good parts, ignore the shitheads who make petty parts bigger than good parts, and have fun. That's what its for.