Clippy comments on Luminosity (Twilight fanfic) discussion thread - Less Wrong

12 Post author: FAWS 25 August 2010 08:49AM

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Comment author: Clippy 26 August 2010 04:50:05PM 4 points [-]

Why does it matter? Can't I just say something like, "This example doesn't correspond to any actual paperclip that's been made"?

Comment author: thomblake 26 August 2010 04:57:55PM 2 points [-]

fanfic is based on existing works of fiction.

Merely a definitional issue. If you'd like to write original fiction about paperclips, that's cool too.

Comment author: Clippy 26 August 2010 05:18:16PM 1 point [-]

So people somehow like it more when it's fake? Don't you have that reversed?

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 26 August 2010 05:43:34PM 2 points [-]

I don't think people like fanfic more than fiction in general. Of course if there's fiction they like then they enjoy getting more of it, even if not from the same author.