I don’t want to seem all judgy, but the idea of RPF disturbs me.
If you don’t know, RPF *does not* mean role-playing fanfic, which some people unfamiliar with the idea have taken it to mean recently. No, an RPF is a real person fic. Basically, it’s when someone writes about the real actor, musician, athlete, etc of their fandom. A lot of the time it’s sexual, and includes details scavenged from interviews and whatever.
I enjoyed the story where Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr are actors that play the characters of James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, and that was just a world of awesome. But to take real people and use their real names and lives and write about them … It seems to cross some line in my mind and I don’t write it and I mostly don’t read it (there have been a few instances where I was unfamiliar with the fandom and didn’t realize those were supposed to be real people. Plus that MythBuster android story was frickin’ awesome and I don’t really consider that RPF at all because they use their real names on the show.)
I love my fandoms, but I am always careful to remember that the actors and actresses are not their characters. And seriously, who wants to be sued for libel?
It’s one thing to have Sherlock/John as your OTP and write and write until your heart wants to burst. It’s another thing to write about the actors with their real names and add instances taken from their real lives and turn it into entertainment or madcap sexcapades. At the very least, that needs to be friends-locked on your journal or Registered Users Only on AO3. Otherwise it pops up on Google search results and at some point some ficcer is going to be hit with a giant lawsuit.
Real life =/= Fandom.
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Read some original slashy fiction at Kimichee.
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BTW, if you’re someone that commented on my HAHAT entry and you’re waiting for your freebie, it’s coming soon. I was going to include the whole of Franz Caulder’s story, but I added a murder mystery and it just felt overbalanced and needs some work. As such, I will be giving out free Smashwords coupons when the official version comes out.
I will be emailing the PDFs of Slipping Through the Cracks, which includes an expanded version of what was posted here on my blog, but it’s pretty gen. As such, I’ve written a sideshot called “Franz Caulder: PWP” and I’ll be sending that along with the PDFs. It’s basically a one-night stand fic set before he meets Ryan. (I’m mostly of the plot first school of writing, except when I’m not.)
Also, the Psychotic short was just going to be for one lucky winner, but I have no idea how to use Random.org *shrug* so I’m giving that to everyone too.
Expect three attachments coming in your mail.
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I love you all. Laters.
