Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.

Introduction: My motivation

I have written different versions of this document many times over the years with differing tones and differing goals. I've always been reluctant to put much effort into this for a variety of reasons. My motivation for doing it now is having read Aja's post about her time in the Inner Circle and Ari_O's post during the Ms. Scribe Story.

I am trying to explain exactly what happened in June 2001 from my point of view. As you read, you may say, "Your grudge is showing." You're probably right. I do have a grudge. It is not possible for me to provide a wholly unbiased account of these events because I was involved. On the other hand, I am in the interesting position of being the only person with any access to some of the information about this incident.

Too Much Wank to Name
gentleblaze
March 10th, 2011
Saw someone asking for an update on F_FA about my Blaze of Glory and thought I'd share, since I've been advised to make a public record of this for legal purposes anyway. Yes, I am also this anon. Coincidentally, I am also this anon, so the end of this tale is a little sensitive for me.

This is a pretty long story, and I’m not sure if you want so much detail, but I’m waiting on a huge upload, and writing about this amuses me to no end, so.

This will require some background.

Cinephiles love reading way too much into a films, and 99 percent of the stuff they come up with is bullshit ("what if Haley Joel Osment was also a ghost?") but other times, they turn out to be right (yes, Harrison Ford really was a replicant in Blade Runner).

Well here are some oddball, yet strangely plausible, alternate fan theories that in many cases actually improve the movie quite a bit.

"Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking": Selections from The Terra Nostra Underground and Strange Bedfellows
Edited and introduced by Shoshanna Green, Cynthia Jenkins and Henry Jenkins