purging via fanfic

[boogieshoes]

you know, i consider myself fairly 'into' fandom, in that i read a lot of fanfic and am interested in dissecting tv characters and such. i know a lot of fanfic authors purge shock and despair via writing after a major disaster - certainly after 9-11, we got a *lot* of fics dealing with the aftermath in various ways. everything from characters onsite to help rescue efforts, to characters going to afghanistan to shoot the bad guys.

NO strikes me as similar enough in scope to produce the same effect. i haven't checked the recent postings, but has anyone who has an even passing familiarity with various fandoms seen/ heard/ read about the first offerings?

it'd be interesting to see how fast that stuff gets out. after 9-11, iirc, the first fic was published w/in days. in sendom, there is a yearly mag for post 9-11 stories. i'd have to check, but i think the profits even go to 9-11 related charities.

-bs

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[briarwood.livejournal.com]

(Saw your post on Prospect)

I haven't yet seen any Katrina fanfic; I think a lot of people are still too shellshocked. While there are human beings to blame for some aspects of the disaster, ultimately this was a hurricane - unless you want to argue it was sent by God, there is no one to blame. 9/11 was a human-created tragedy and I think people needed to find ways of coming to terms with that. I think I saw the first 9/11 fics showing up the day after - mostly characters giving their opinions of the terrorists. Fic dealing with the actual reality - rescue fics, lost people fics and suchlike came later. I noticed people tended to use the more fantasy-based fandoms; there was a noticable number of Highlander fics, for example because the immortals would naturally be among the survivors.