Fanfiction based on the legend. Old legend Naruto Shippuuden fanfiction

Title*: Legend
Author*: Impala
Fandom*: Stephen King "The Dark Tower"
Characters/Pairing*: Roland, Stephen Deschain, NJP, etc.
Genre: action, drama, fantasy
Warning: Mary Sue, Violence, Chanceslash
Rating: R
Size*: Midi
Status*: In progress
Disclaimer: Copyright belongs to Stephen King
Placement*: With header and link
Description: A little less than a gunslinger, a little more than just a boy. He now considered himself the golden mean. How else should he feel? He's still just a child. But now in front of him is the torn body of the teacher. And after a while he will be lying on the bed of a prostitute.
No. Now he doesn't consider himself in the middle. Now he is rightfully a shooter. But why? Is Martin or his mother to blame for this? Or maybe his father is to blame? What no one in the Dark Tower will know, you can find out in my “Legend”.

Fanfic text:

Chapter 6. Hunter
The morning turned out to be cool due to overnight rain, but, as happens at the end of summer, the sun gradually returned the weather to its usual temperature. It was cooler in the forest than in the city, but Mary was already beginning to regret that she had agreed to go hunting with her father. But there were reasons for this, and quite significant ones.
Stephen Deschain was in great spirits and he and Mary's father, Aragon, seemed to get on very well. In addition to the heads of the two families, there were other hunters: the Hamilfon brothers, the young Henrikson couple, who often went hunting together, and a good friend of the Deschains, Ribery Balazar, with two sons.
Mary was uncomfortable with so many people, but she was firmly convinced that it was worth it. She consoled herself every time she felt uncomfortable in her surroundings with the knowledge that she had some advantage in this trip. But the last of her strength dried up during a conversation with Marty Hanrickson's wife, Emilia.
- They told me that you like to go hunting with your father? – Emilia said in a high, sweet voice as she caught up with Mary’s horse.
- I see you don’t refuse either?
“Oh yes, it’s my great passion, watching my husband hunt,” Her words sounded so forced that Mary almost vomited, “I heard that you’re in town recently?” And your father is already concerned about your future.
- What do you have in mind? –
“That you should take a closer look at the heir of the Balazars, Ribery’s eldest son, Richard,” She giggled sweetly and, increasing her speed, jumped away from Mary, leaving her in complete bewilderment.
The hunt was successful. The men began skinning their prey, someone else was shooting at the birds, and Mary and the lovely Emilia Hanrickson were building a fire.
It was already evening, the hunters sat around the fire, reaping the fruits of their labors, and told each other their stories. Mary had the chance to sit next to Richard Balazar, who was constantly trying to tell her something about himself, but she pretended that she was interested in hearing what other men had to say.
But when it was Stephen Deschain's turn, Mary immediately stopped hearing everything that was happening around. She focused her attention on the gunslinger's story about his early life, about an incident that happened to him while he was learning his trade.
Her father was not a shooter. But he was one of the most educated people in the kingdom of Delein. Perhaps that is why Aragon the Archangel believed that if not he, then his daughter should study military affairs. Especially at a time when the world has begun to shift, she must be able to stand up for herself and her family.
But Maria Archangel was not thinking about anything else now, how to catch the eye of the person telling the story. She was unusually attracted to him. It was the first time she saw a shooter in front of her, which aroused her insane interest. An interest that cannot be described in words.
And now, in the twilight, in the light of the fire and the smell of hot meat, Stephen Deschain became the man who caught the deep gaze of the fair-haired young girl, who seemed to him at first thoughtful, then tenacious and hungry. Now he, the shooter, began to truly feel like a victim of sharp and accurate green eyes piercing like arrows.

How it all began

Size: Mini, 5 pages
Number of parts: 1
Status: finished

Description:
Anatoly Tarasov and Valery Kharlamov - coach and hockey player in the 21st century.

Valerie, what's wrong with him?
- With whom?
- With your Tarasov.
- What do I have with him? He's my coach.
- That's all?
- That's all. Lech, why are you picking on me? – Kharlamov got angry.
-Have you not heard what they say about you?
Valera was sitting in the kitchen, eating his breakfast. Lyokha, his brother, sat opposite him, studying Valerka. He's playing the fool or doesn't get in seriously. Looks like it really doesn't fit in.
- Do they talk about us? – Valerka asks, chewing. Lesha frowns, his brother’s manners leave much to be desired.
- Yes, that he fucks you.
Valerka looks straight at her brother, completely calm.
- Well, we sleep together, what next?
- So it’s true? – states Alexey. - I don’t care who you sleep with. But there is no mother. Call and tell her before the rumors reach her. I won't survive another scandal.
Lekha is quite a brilliant programmer. He is all in his binary codes and everyday situations, such as who, with whom, where, when and how, do not interest him. He is the unemotional type of person. If Valerka had taken it into her head, for example, to change her gender and act in films for adults, Lech would have just sighed heavily, twisted it at his temple and went to bring his mother out of a deep swoon. Here she is for the whole family, emotional. When the brothers still lived at home with their parents, my mother was always arguing with Valerka. Mostly because of hockey. At this time, Lesha was serenely drinking tea and creating some new website on a rather old laptop. And dad watched the news. Later Valera packed his bag, slammed the door and went to spend the night with to the best friend, Sasha Gusev. The mother went into the bedroom, also slamming the door deafeningly.
- It's none of her business. – Valera imagined his mother’s reaction and he felt bad. - And no one's.
- Why did you spend the night at home and not with your lover? – the brother asked.
- You need to show up in the apartment sometimes. Yes, and it’s worth taking a break from each other.
Well, don’t explain to your brother that they quarreled. Because of nonsense, really. Although no, the offense was not trivial. Tarasov was ashamed of him, Valera could not find another word. They have been together for more than a year, but Tolya never introduced him to his daughter. Hides like a dirty secret, although they live under the same roof. Yesterday my patience ran out and Valera expressed everything. Tarasov said that he was a fool and did not understand anything. Closed the topic. And after dinner, he again delegated washing the dishes to Valera, although they agreed to do it in turns. This was the last straw. Valera lost his temper, slammed the door and went to spend the night at his place. All night I tossed and turned from side to side and could not sleep. I’m used to falling asleep in an embrace with Tolya, warm as a stove.
- Everything is clear with you. But you better call your mother. I went.
- Let's.

Nowadays everyone knows what fan fiction is, but we’ll still remind you. Fan fiction is “fan literature,” that is, stories written by fans based on their favorite works. The definition is on the surface, but the devil is in the details - which we will now delve into. This article will tell you about the history of fan fiction, the legal and ethical issues associated with it, and the most famous examples fan art and about author's slang.

A Brief History of Fan Fiction

It is generally accepted that fan fiction is a new phenomenon, generated by the wild imagination of modern fans. But in reality, things are not quite like that. At any time, as soon as an interesting work appeared, readers began to wonder “what if?” and began to scribble their options for continuation. Of course, not everyone did this, but only those who had the necessary skills (for example, knew how to write).

The beginnings of fan fiction appeared not only in the pre-Internet era, but also among the ancient Greeks. The heroes of Homer especially “got it”, in whom the ancient Greek playwrights constantly breathed a second life. For example, the hero of the Iliad, Achilles, appeared in the dramas of Sophocles, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristarchus of Tegea, Iophon, Astydamas the Younger, Diogenes, Carcinus the Younger, Cleophon, Euaretus and Livius Andronicus. The list is impressive - but this is all about just one character!

If someone naively believes that copyright infringement and plagiarism are the scourge of modern literature alone, he should reconsider his views. Theft flourished at all times. Very unpleasant situations happened, such as with the continuation of Don Quixote. While Cervantes was quietly writing the second part of the novel, a fake sequel, The False Quixote, was published in 1614, supposedly written by the friar Luis de Aliaga, confessor to King Philip III.

There were, of course, a lot of fanfictions that did not pretend to be a continuation of the original. For example, when Arthur Conan Doyle refused to continue the Sherlock Holmes series, fans began to create new stories. In order not to incur the wrath of the author, it was only necessary to renounce all rights to the characters. Since then, one of the main rules for publishing fan fiction has been adopted - refusal to claim ownership of the rights to the heroes and the world.

It is important to separate the amateur creativity of fans from the official sequels and novelizations that are created by professional writers commissioned by publishing houses. So, for example, “Scarlett” and “Rhett Butler” appeared - sequels to Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone with the Wind”. And while Timothy Zahn is undoubtedly a fan of " Star Wars", and Robert Salvatore - " Forgotten Realms", their books are in no way related to fan fiction.

The real mania for fan fiction began in the sixties, after the release of the Star Trek series. Even when the series was being filmed, fans flooded the studio with letters, edits, and demands for changes in the plot. When Star Trek was canceled, fan fiction long years were the only way to stay close to your favorite characters. “Our goal is to boldly go where no fan has gone before,” the Trekkies said and began to bring their ideas to life.

The world of Star Trek provides science fiction fans with enormous scope for creativity. Each civilization has its own culture and history, each hero has an exceptional character and biography, there is even specifications starships and recipes for traditional Klingon dishes. Once you touch the keyboard, it's hard to stop. More than three hundred novels, many short stories, poems and, of course, fan fiction have been written based on Star Trek. The Star Trek library is bursting with an incredible amount of works for every taste - from canon to crossovers, from very childish and naive to bold and unexpected.

Harry Potter: King of Fan Fiction

No one has gone wild in the field of fan fiction like Harry Potter fans. What you won’t find in the works of Potter fanatics: here is the evil Harry Potter, harassing the unfortunate Malfoy, and Hermione, trying to seduce the potions professor. There are alternative stories about “how everything really happened,” and continuations that ignore the events of the seventh book, and stories about the children of the main characters. You can find it in fanfiction miraculously revived Fred Weasley, Severus Snape and the schemer Dumbledore.

Heroes whose stories Rowling did not pay too much attention to are also popular. At one time, the fan fiction “The Color of Hope,” written by Natalya Pospobina (Ledi Fiona), was very popular, where the characters of Narcissa Malfoy, Sirius Black and other minor characters were revealed. There are also works that show us history from the “other” side, from the perspective of the villains. Particularly popular is Draco Malfoy, who appears not as a bastard, as in the books, but as a noble and sad anti-hero, forced to make a deal with his conscience for the sake of his family.

The TV Tropes encyclopedia nicknamed this "whitewashing of villains" "Draco in Leather Pants." Now you know what's underneath this mantle

Among all this tinsel, one particularly successful fan fiction should be noted, which has turned into an independent phenomenon. It is a product of Eliezer Yudkowsky's fantasy "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality". This text is also apocryphal, but differs from the stories about “Draco in Leather Pants” in the same way that Yudkowsky himself differs from lonely high school girls. Fanfic author - specialist in artificial intelligence, which deals with the problems of technological singularity.

In this alternate reality, Petunia, Harry's aunt, married not the idiot Vernon Dursley, but a well-read and wise university professor who raised his adopted son as his own. So the character of the main character has changed beyond recognition. This is not the same Potter who lived in the closet under the stairs. Young Harry was surrounded scientific literature and science fiction, good teachers, often talked with his stepfather, and by the age of eleven he understood quantum mechanics and probability theory.

"Methods rational thinking": fan art by Dinosaurus Gede

Not surprisingly, the sorting hat sent him to Ravenclaw, where Hermione also ended up. And Draco Malfoy took Ron's place in Potter's life. True, their friendship is unusual - not in the sense that the vulgar people thought. Young people constantly compete, challenging each other. Watching Harry and Draco battle on the intellectual front is very interesting.

And in general, watching how a smart and prudent hero comprehends the world of magic is a real pleasure. Little Harry talks about the fundamental attribution error, calculates the value of the magical currency and looks at the wonders around him, constantly wondering how he can use them. This fanfic is a real guide to social psychology, logical thinking and rationalism.

Fanfiction in Russia

Fan fiction came to the USSR and Russia in the late 1980s, when translated fiction began to be published en masse. Rare examples have occurred before. For example, the creator of “Hottabych” Lazar Lagin wrote the story “Major Well Andew” as an alternative view of Wells’s “War of the Worlds” - through the eyes not of a brave journalist, but of a coward and traitor. And Volkov’s series about the Emerald City can be called a kind of fan fiction based on Baum’s “The Land of Oz.”

But these were all games of great writers. And after perestroika, fan fiction poured in like a river and even found its way into print. Copyright in Russia remained in effect for a long time according to Soviet laws, so, for example, Tolkien fan fiction was not just published, but published in thick volumes and large print runs.

It is interesting that most authors wrote apocryphal works based on Tolkien, arguing with the original source, claiming: “The professor is wrong!” This is “The Black Book of Arda” by Vasilyeva and Nekrasova, and “The Last Ring Bearer” by Kirill Eskov, and “The Man from the Iron Island” by Alexey Sviridov, and even to some extent “Beyond the Dawn” by Olga Chigirinskaya, which tried to reconcile Tolkien’s versions and CHCA. So, writing a “regular” sequel was something of an exception. In “The Ring of Darkness” he also argued with Tolkien on something, but at least he didn’t declare that “it wasn’t like that!”

Perumov is the most famous example in Russia of how an author who started with fan fiction can become a professional writer creating his own worlds. However, there were also authors who not only started with works on other people’s universes, but also continued to publish them for many years. For example, Sergei Sukhinov published more than two dozen (!) books loosely continuing “The Wizard of the Emerald City” (yes, there are fan fiction based on fan fiction!), and a dozen and a half continuations of Edmond Hamilton’s space opera “Star Wolf.”

In the 2010s, copyright became stricter, and now free sequels and apocrypha could no longer appear in print so easily. By that time, they had already been replaced by domestic multi-author projects like “The Time of the Students” based on the Strugatskys and “The Worlds of Nik Perumov.” But all this is the work of professional writers. And “pure” fan fiction went to the Internet, to sites like Samizdat and Fikbook.

Writers vs ficwriters

Copyright is a sore point for fan fiction authors. In theory, any fan fiction, except perhaps parody, violates copyright. In practice, everything depends on how the original authors perceive fan art. Some treat him condescendingly. JK Rowling even posted recommendations for fan fiction authors on her website. Among Russian writers this attitude is especially common. Sergei Lukyanenko spoke out in defense of fan fiction, and Nick Perumov, who himself essentially started out as a fic writer, even organized his own literary project with the authors of fan fiction based on his books.

There are also authors who do not approve of fan fiction, for example, George Martin and the creators of the Babylon 5 series. Martin's position is quite well founded: to argue for it, he told several stories on his blog about how fan fiction harmed writers.

One such story is about Marion Zimmer Bradley, a writer who allowed fan fiction to be created based on her Darkover series. She sometimes even communicated with the authors, leaving reviews and comments. And everything was fine until one day she came across a fan fiction, which was based on an idea similar to the one that the author was going to use in her new novel. The writer contacted the fanfictionist, asking him to remove the work from the Internet, and even offered some payment and a mention in the novel. But she received not just a refusal, but a desire to recognize the fanfiction as a co-author of the book or to split the fee. Marion chose to bury the novel, and with it her love for fan art.

Fanfic in a mask

Fan fiction always raises the question of where the line is between art and theft. The main argument in defense of fan fiction has always been that fan work is non-commercial. For a ficwriter, the most valuable reward is recognition from readers. Few people want to harm their favorite author. From a moral and ethical point of view, it would probably be right to leave fan fiction within the circle of the fans themselves. But there is no consensus on this matter. And for those who want to profit from the creations of others, the law is full of loopholes.

Of course, most often a ficwriter cannot sell his works. A rare exception is fan fiction based on very old books, the authors of which have died long ago. Otherwise, names, titles and details of the universe are protected by copyright. However, the texts themselves belong to their authors! Therefore, it is not uncommon for fan fiction to be remade into original works by slightly changing the surroundings.

The most famous (and notorious) example of this is the erotic novel “50 Shades of Gray” by E. L. James. It was originally written as fan fiction based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, and then reworked into an independent, realistic (with a stretch, of course) work, which was even made into a film.

The transformation of fan fiction into original works is also practiced in Russia. For example, in 2011, the Eksmo publishing house published Sergei Kim’s fan fiction “Alien Life,” written based on the anime “Evangelion.” Despite the alteration, it is not difficult to find out the original source. Even the names of the characters are consonant with the original ones: Asuka - Akira, Rei - Rin, Misato - Menemi, Shinji - Shintaro. The original version of the fanfic can still be found on the Samizdat website.

Fanfiction terminology

These days there are major sites for publishing fan fiction. Clear design rules have been in effect for them for many years. The terminology used may seem like gobbledygook to the uninitiated. It contains many words that you will not find anywhere else.

Each work is preceded by a header in which it is given short description fan fiction, its size, genre and plot features. They don’t forget to put a disclaimer in the header, that is, a statement that all rights to the characters, the world and other attributes belong to the creator of the original, and the author of this work is just a fan with his own view of the plot, which he does not impose on anyone. Well, maybe just a little.

The author of fanfic is called a ficwriter. There are also symbols for people helping the author. Beta readers, or betas, help to deal with commas and literacy, and gammas are involved in correcting the script. It is also customary to indicate their names in the header. Among other things, warnings (warnings), notes, dedications and thanks are added to the header. Sometimes there is a “characters” column, where the author lists all the heroes of his story. A summary is often written - a brief description of the plot, an abstract of fan fiction.

There are special terms for pieces of different sizes. Fortunately, very simple: maxi, midi and mini. And there is more drabble- this is even less than a mini, an excerpt, a short scene, often with an unexpected ending.

Another criterion for separation is compliance with the realities of the original. If the discrepancies are large, it is AU(Alternative Universe), or apocrypha. The same applies to the characters: if the author does not adhere to the canon, then the fanfic is flagged OOC(Out Of Character). This is the case when Harry Potter suddenly tries to take over the world, and Voldemort fights on the side of good and meets with Hermione. Those who introduce their own characters into the fanfic plot mark it as OS(Original Character). And if the work involves heroes of another universe or references to it, this is called a crossover.

Well, the most difficult classification is genre. Its diversity can confuse anyone. In addition to the usual genres like science fiction or detective, there are also very specific ones. There is, for example, such a concept as fluff- a story in which all relationships are extremely warm and happy. And there is angst, where difficult experiences and dramatic events predominate. Eat Hurt/comfort, when one of the characters is experiencing difficulties, and the other comes to his aid. And there is darkfics- dark fan fiction, for which the death of characters is typical. By the way, it is customary to warn about such things in advance. Of course, this is a spoiler, but many readers consider this point to be an important selection criterion.

Since fan fiction is often dedicated to love stories, there are also terms for different types pairings - that is, couples in love. Usually there are categories of jen, het, slash and femslash. Mark Jen(from General Audience - any audience) suggests that there is no love line at all or it is of little significance. Get, from the word “heterosexual,” means that the story is based on the love of characters of different genders. If love is homosexual, it is slash(between men) or femslash(between girls). The term "slash" comes from the authors' habit of separating character names in the header with a slash - for example, "Harry/Draco".

Finally, PWP- these are fan fictions where the emphasis is not on the plot, but on the description of explicit sex scenes. This stands for "Porn Without Plot" or - jokingly - "Plot? What's the plot? (Plot? What plot?).

Some sites use cinematic rating system. The most neutral fanfictions are G (General), PG, PG-13 (from Parental Guidance), which children can only read with parental permission (they always ask, of course!). Fan fiction for older readers that contains sex and violence is marked R (Restricted) or NC-17 (No Children).

Sometimes authors turn writing fanfic into something like role playing game, in which several authors write in turn, a piece each. It is called Round Robin(although in Russian there is also the word “burime”). True, if more than two authors are involved in the process, it is impossible to avoid unevenness of style and errors in the plot. But all participants enjoy the process.

Mary Sue

The classification and publication rules appeared after some authors amazed readers with the power of their imagination. It's no secret that for every good fanfic there is a ton of graphomania. The most common flaw in fan fiction dates back to Star Trek.

Even then, authors were pushing characters into their stories who were suspiciously similar to themselves. Only, unlike the authors, the heroes (and more often the heroines) had divine beauty and incredible abilities, they were smarter, wittier, kinder and cooler than all the other characters combined. And, of course, more beautiful: all of them are gorgeous, with incredibly deep eyes in which you can drown and drown, breasts of at least the third size and legs from your ears.

Art from the Mary Sue Encyclopedia compiled by the Fantasy Proda community

Such heroes very quickly became a cliche that they began to parody. The most famous parody was the mini-fan fiction A Trekkie's Tale, written in 1974 by Paula Smith in the Star Trek universe. In the story, a beautiful pink-eyed (!) blonde named Mary Sue appears on the starship Enterprise. She is only fifteen years old, but she is already a Starfleet lieutenant, and the entire crew admires her beauty, intelligence and talent. Captivated by the girl, Captain Kirk confesses his love for her and wants to get her into bed, but Mary Sue refuses because she is “not like that.”

The rest of the team looks like stupid schoolchildren compared to Mary. When the ship is attacked by enemies, the main characters are captured, but Mary Sue saves everyone by picking the lock with a hair clip. Then the crew catches the virus and is unable to control the ship. But Mary copes with this too. With one hand she receives Nobel Prize peace, the Vulcan Order of Courage and the Tralfamadorian Order of Tough Guys, and the other controls the Enterprise while Kirk, Spock and company lie in the hospital. In the finale, even the incomparable Mary Sue cannot cope with the disease and dies dramatically amid the sobs of the entire crew, who will remember Mary forever.

Strip about the original Mary Sue from Comic Clare

So, with the light hand of the witty Paula Smith, the unbearably ideal heroines got a name - Mary Sue. But ridicule and parody did not stop Mary’s victorious march. She's under different names wanders from fanfic to fanfic, spreading an aura of coolness and invincibility, making other heroes fall in love with him and saving the world, and if he dies, then only heroically.

The male counterpart of the Mary Sue is nicknamed Marty Sue. Usually this is a pumped-up handsome man with a beautiful but sad story, a large fortune and exorbitant strength. As befits the most beautiful, intelligent and brutal hero, he defeats and charms everyone, and then repeats Mary’s story.

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Having gone from the Homeric epic to anime and erotic novels, fan fiction continues to exist and finds its audience. And although by its nature this is a secondary product, the popularity of the genre has never suffered greatly from this. After all, it brings us closer to our favorite heroes, allowing us to fulfill our wildest fantasies. And some of the fanfictions are so good that they even do credit to the original.