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June 04 2004

The Confessions of a Semi-Successful Fanfic Writer. TeeVee.org piss take of an Angel fan fic writer. Amusing.

Simon | Printed matter | 17:37 CET | 10 comments total | tags: fanfic, satire

Ummm...are we sure this is a send-up, or is this just one woman who is extremely full of herself? That was one of the more annoyingly egotistical articles I've ever read, parody or not.

MindPieces | June 04, 19:01 CET

Yes. It's based off an earlier Salon article.

weds | June 04, 19:25 CET

Check the date: April 1. Every year teevee.org does a parody - this year they redid themselves as Salon.com.

braingarage | June 04, 19:26 CET

That was pretty funny and very believable as a non-parody. It's not too far from the attitudes of a lot of fans out there.

electricspacegirl | June 04, 19:41 CET

Ah okay, I see the parody in it now that I look at the original article. I was also wondering why the heck that TeeVee site looked so much like Salon.com

MindPieces | June 04, 19:49 CET

Oh, so glad to hear it's a parody....I thought this was just some arrogant f**k. I enjoy fanfic, but I can't stand the attitudes of the writers sometimes. They act like they are award winning artists....blech.

Rogue Slayer | June 04, 20:10 CET

Hilarious, thanks for the link! We can certainly tell what TeeVee thought of the original article, which in itself seems to mirror a lot of discussion here at Whedonesque about the direction of TV. Kind of interesting that the parody showed such knowledge of fanfic practices -- wonder how "mainstream" it's considered in fandom these days?

yourlibrarian | June 05, 00:01 CET

Like most good parody it's VERY close to the truth. I have seen many sites with scans from magazines or screencaps from the show with "I did these scans/caps. Do NOT take or use them without MY permission!" comments at the bottom of the page. Hello? You STOLE those images, and now you're demanding that no one else steal them from you!? Time for a reality check!

zz9 | June 05, 01:52 CET

The sidebar and letters were hilarious as well.

I gather other places do not realise that this is a piss take, have changed the subject line accordingly.

Simon | June 05, 02:28 CET

A few of those letters are real, actually received in April from people who thought it was real.

Others are as fake as the article.

jsnell | June 05, 04:21 CET

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