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OMG it is 10:30 in the morning and I am so fucking bored already. *stares at the wall*

Warning: Rambling

I was thinking, what is the appeal of fanfiction? Besides the porn, that is. ;)

For me, it's mostly about the characters. I watch/read something, fall in love with the characters and want to read more about them. I want to know why character A did what he did, why character B is scared of spiders, what would character C do if they were stuck in a room with a hamster... The original story has also something to do with it. I want to know what happens next. What happened before. What would have happened if x-thing did not go as planned.

So basically, it's about loving a universe and/or its characters and wanting more of them.

I would love to see a group of published authors do what fanfic writers do. That is, writer A writes a book, writer B wants more and write a prequel, writer C wants to know what happened to character x and y and writes about it, writer D wants to know what character z would have done if writer A had set his book in Space, writer A likes the idea and write more of Space adventures...

I know the reason it doesn't happen like that is because of copyright thingies and such, but man, it would be fun. It's like authors would write something and say: "Here are characters and a universe I have created. Enjoy and have fun with them."

I just thought it might