Poll: New Fics Using Old Canon

[kennahijja]

I've been thinking about the advantages/disadvantages of writing stories with 'old canon' lately. With that, I mean stories that ignore either whole books (like HBP) or certain events in canon (the death of Sirius, for example), not older stories written before said new canon came out.

I see them occasionally, and don't mind reading them, but have the impression that they are rather frowned upon in fandom. Which, in a way, is understandable, since new canon means tons of new details to incorporate, new situations to explore, and writing in an 'old' context smacks of laziness or resentment against new canon developments. Or does it? Since I'm sitting on an *old* plot right this moment and am tempted to forget that the strange animal called HBP ever showed up in its context, I'd be curious about what 'public opinion' is on this. Hence, poll :).

That said, I really want honest opinions, not reassurance - my decision on said plot will be totally uninfluenced by the outcome of this. If I was going for what's popular, I'd not try to carry the candle for Ron/Lucius ;).


[Poll #785133]

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[painless-j.livejournal.com]

3. It's not my place to tell people what they should write. Everybody writes what they want; I'll decide for myself if I like what they've written :)

2 and 4. I'm rather less pleased to see new "old canon" fics than new "new canon" fics. When I see a new fic that ignores HBP (sometimes even OotP), I feel disappointed 'cos there are enough old fics, written before those, that I can enjoy if I want pre-HBP things. I sort of understand it when somebody was writing a long story, started it before HBP but is going to finish it no matter what. Cheers for them. But with new "old canon" stories, I probably just don't understand the author's way of thinking: how can one ignore new canon info? It's already so deep inside my head that I don't see the point of going without. What adds to it, possibly, is that most new "old canon" fics that I've read/tried reading were exactly those lazy or 'less good' ones, where it was clear the author just didn't want to bother for the sake of having fun with "the boys."

But if the plot/pairing/summary intrigues me, I'll give it a try anyway.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

3. You're one wise woman :).

*nods about the rest*
Having a plot solution that incorporates the newest canon is definitely the most elegant ideal for me too, and I prefer reading such fics. But it was still somewhat reassuring that the idea of dissing the latest book to pull off a fic wasn't quite as bad a fandom crime as I'd thought it was. Perhaps what made me so leery was that some people would actually try and make their old stories compliant with new canon once a new book came out. Which I find really excessive, but I've seen it quite a few times...