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Hey, I don't understand what the problem is. The premise is ambiguous enough to invite creativity. You'd probably stumble upon a lot more innovation and playful
by andrey-p 12y ago
Hey, I don't understand what the problem is. The premise is ambiguous enough to invite creativity. You'd probably stumble upon a lot more innovation and playfulness here than in, say, the Sherlock Holmes fanfic section, where people would have to deal with character and setting established over decades.
(Note: I'm really just speculating here. I haven't read any of the fanfic here, and the only Sherlock Holmes fanfic I've read is Neil Gaiman's. I could be wildly wrong.)
- britta 12y agoFanfiction writers are creative with all types of media - it's part of the culture to go wild with experimental ideas and have fun with them, laughing together about it. Well-established characters mean that you have more common elements between stories, but humans find infinite stories to tell (and when you get bored of telling normal stories, you make up "alternate universe" stories for your favorite characters). The various kinds of Sherlock Holmes fanfiction are usually more serious than these Minesweeper stories, but that's more about them being based on more serious/complex material. (I have read a lot of fanfiction.)
- tripzilch 12y ago> Hey, I don't understand what the problem is. I don't assume there is a problem implied, it's just a cool example of the endless variety of weird stuff on the Internet. And the rampant post-modernism of the 21st century, I guess :)