Men In Gorilla Suits

Busy week this week, but there was still time to turn us into Dumbledore and Snape for the episode art! Here's what we're talking about this week: Fan fiction! * * * When did you first become aware of fan fiction? Why do you think people create and consume fan fiction? Do you consume much fan fiction? Why or Why not? Have you written fan fiction? If you could only write fan fiction -- and only from one property at that -- what would you choose to focus on? Fan fiction has a bit of a reputation as being sub-par writing. Do you find that to be true? More than a couple writers have taken issue with fan fiction from their work...while others don't care. As a writer yourself, where do you stand on that? How much does emotion play into the success of a work of fan fiction? All right, let's go there. Slash/shipping/whatever we're into this year. What's up with that?! A lot of people have consumed fan fiction and not known it. Any examples of mainstream pieces of fan fiction. What's your favorite work of fan fiction