i think that this should be a rule in writting fan fiction , never include a character that somebody else created in your fan fiction .except for the original muppets, i think that fan fic writers should only include the original muppets and just the character that they made up . now im' not naming any names but , i read one person's fan fics , and they used somebody else's character in them
Hi Scooterfan360,
Most of the folks here know me as Ru or Auntie Ru, and I mostly hang out here on MC because of the fanfiction board. I wanted to respond to your comment (and a little to the thinking that went into the comment).
Whether an author uses someone else's character ought to be a matter between those two authors. I can't see anything to be gained by making an arbitrary rule that it should not happen. As Slackbot said above, it is considered polite to ask before using someone else's original character in your own story, and most people do, but again--that's an author thing. Readers get to "vote" on things like this by reading or not reading a story. Readers
don't get to decide what a writer writes or does not write.
I will use myself as an example (so as not to implicate others), but I use lots of OCs in my stories. I don't use OCs in EVERY story, but--lilke most authors--I have my own particular view about the muppet universe and I try to stay pretty consistent. For example. in MOST of my stories, Kermit and Piggy are (and have been) happily married, Scooter is completely indispensable and Kermit is a little technology-challenged. I'm not bound by that worldview in any way--I also write stories in which Kermit and Piggy are NOT married. Sometimes I write stories in which the muppets all live in the Muppet Boarding House, but I don't actually
believe in the Muppet Boarding House--not really, so I use is when I want ("The Wearing O' the Green" and "That's the Spirit!") and ignore it when I want. My story--my choice.
in MOST of my stories, Scooter is either single or has a relationship with Sara Vines. Sara is not only an OC--she's a real (awesome) person who is a fan/fan writer here. I liked her as a "character" and asked to use her in my own stories. To make things REALLY weird, MY version of Sara and Scooter doesn't even always jibe up with HER version of Sara and Scooter. Likewise, (with permission) I co-opted Lisa's (TogetherAgain's) character Maggie--Kermit's sister--and I used the names she (and others) used for Kermit's parents, James and Jane (well, duh), but brought my own characterizations to those characters.U have also written other fans into the story--sometimes I asked THEM to include them, and sometimes they asked ME to be included. Again, that's between me (the author) and them.
As I said before, readers get to have a say when they read (or don't read) stories that I (or another author) writes. If you hate my OCs or my muppet universe, you can stop reading my stories--you are not required to read/like anything here. You are even allowed to comment (respectfully, one hopes) on a story you did read, i.e., I found your story "Somebody's Getting Married?" interesting (or horrible) but I don't believe Kermit and Piggy are really married. I think Kermit still has a thing for Miss Mousy and.... Like that. You (or any reader) DOESN'T get to say, "You should stop writing stories about this character or stop assuming that Janice is in a relationship with Floyd--she soooo ditched his butt, like,
years ago.... so you have to not write that. The writer decides what he/she will write--the audience (or lack of one) doesn't get to choose that. Again, your choices are to read or not read, or comment (respectfully) or not.
We're pretty good-natured here--our goal is to be supportive of new writers (and old) and to promote more fanfiction about the muppets. (Again, duh). We do expect everyone (old and new) to use their nice manners and to keep in mind the audience here, but creativity is king. As Kermit would say, "write your OWN ending."
Glad to have you here.
Ru