The Amazing World of Harry Potter Fan Fiction
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| Title: | The Amazing World of Harry Potter Fan Fiction | |
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| Date(s): | 2004 | |
| Medium: | Movie Magic | |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter | |
| External Links: | Screencaps and transcript | |
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The Amazing World of Harry Potter Fan Fiction is an article that was published in a Harry Potter-themed special issue of Movie Magic. It gives an introduction to Harry Potter fanfiction with links and summaries of a handful of selected stories.
This overview of Harry Potter fan fiction was provided by Heidi Tandy, a founding administrator of FictionAlley, the largest fanfic site in the world of Harry Potter fandom (http://www.fictionalley.org/). FictionAlley also hosts message boards, writing discussions and links to thousands of pieces of fanart.
Linked stories include:
- Requium by Lissane
- Percy Weasley, Rogue Demon Hunter by Viola
- A Lot to Be Upset About by Cassandra Claire
- The Making of a Modern Love Triangle by Misty Flores
- Occlumency in Azkaban by Flourish
- The Second War by Snivellussnape
- The Songless Throat by Tangledaria
- The Life to Come by Malecrit
- Empty Frames by Jedi Godicea [sic]
- Learning Curve by Nomad
- Alternative Views
- The Speculum Curse by Hyphen
- Queer As Scent by A.J. Hall
- Beware the Fury of a Patient Man by Breed
- His Majesty's Secret Service by Gwendolyn Grace
- Naked Quidditch by Anya
- Paradigm of Uncertainty by Lori
Reactions
Some people were upset about the article and there were rumors, speculation and misinformation.[1] Some people were afraid of drawing the attention of TPTB and that Rowling's lawyers would send out C&D letters to shut down websites.[2] Rumor had it that the article was written for a teen magazine, that it included links to NC-17 fanfic and that it linked to stories on LiveJournal without asking the authors first.[1] However, there were no links to explicit fanfiction, all the authors on LJ were asked first, authors on public archives were googleable to begin with, and "JKR's people have never, and will never, do anything against fanfics or archives that are not NC17 rated, and only then, if the sites don't have password or lock-screeners to dissuade people under 18 from reading them."[3]
