It is interesting that you've got this published, sanctioned fanfiction, and then you've got the rest of it that has to fly under the radar. And the only thing separating them is the passage of time.

Pretty much. And for all you have kinda trashy things like "Darcy and Elizabeth do it!" you also have some really great stuff, like Wide Saragasso Sea and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Though I bet people usually don't think of the latter as fanfiction, even though they technically are.

I think they all fall under the heading of "transformative works", which I am very interested in as a lawyer. In a lot of ways, it's like any other genre, and the quality runs the gamut.

Lol, "transformative works." I know it's a major thing and actually quite important, but when they were starting up the AO3 and everyone was going on and on about, I was like, just because you give it a fancier name doesn't mean it's still not fanfic.

But yeah, Sturgeon's Law and all that.

Perhaps even more strangely, I can totes see Snape/Elinor fanfic. Oh, the repressed, angsty hawtness.

That's...the extent of this post. Who else am I going to talk about wanting to write a Sense and Sensibility/Harry Potter crossover if not with you guys?

This was a perfect post. I'm now going to spend a delightfully embarassing portion of the afternoon imagining what this crossover would be like, and it's all thanks to you. So, snaps.

Hee! I am serious when I said I've been actually, really thinking it over.

I can see Snape/Elinor, too, but I think Marianne would totally crush on him as this angsty, dark, melancholy figure, whereas Elinor is a bit more practical. Right now I'm trying to figure out if I'd want to have Willoughby all up in this business screwing things up - Snape can get REALLY jealous and that would make for some fun angsty times.

This is the only Snape icon I have. Hmm.

Heee, were/are you a Snape/Hermione shipper, perchance? I always put the angst on both sides when I match melancholy figures. Makes for great kissing. In the HP world I always shipped McGonagall/Dumbledore, though... something I'm still a little embarassed about. I was... bored. And... yes, old ppl ships. We've discussed this.

Heh, this is the only HP icon I have. At all. So. ...Hm. I don't post/comment about HP very often.

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I've never shipped Snape with anyone canonically, really. I just don't think there's actually much of a fit for him in the HP-verse. If pressed, I'd be okay with Snape/Hermione, but only after she came of age because I'm not really into noncon stuff. But I wouldn't actively ship them or anything like that. No, I just always loved Snape and wanted him to be happy, that's all. So lame. But the more I think about it, the more I am quite sadly taken with this idea of Snape/Marianne, lol.

WHAT IS MY LIFE, HOLLY.

Yeah, poor Snape. He didn't handle his bitterness well, but you totally end up feeling sorry for him. I'm not into Snape/Hermione either, but I know a startling number of people who are.

Dude. Write the Snape/Marianne fic. Doooo it.

I DON'T KNOW, SHANNON. YOU WRITE A LOT AND YOU HAVE CUTE KITTIES. AND YOU WORK AND STUFF. ;)

This post is made of all sorts of win! Not just for the idea of a Sense and Sensibility/Harry Potter crossover, which is completely awesome! :D

But it kind of got me thinking about this whole genre of books, which is basically just published fanfiction.

There are so many books out there now that qualify, it really is amusing. Not just obscures but best-sellers. Besides the whole horror re-writes of the Jane Austen's but like oh, say Wicked for example. Prime example of fanfiction turned printed gold.

Back to the Snape/Marianne pairing. It's pure deliciousness. I could see Marianne going for the dark guy with a troubled background *Cough Col.Brandon Cough* but Snape vs. Willoughby is just batches of fun. As hollywobbles already mentioned Snape/Elinor is also seeable. Elinor is the more practical of the sisters but I'd like to see her wild side, like the librarian taking of her specs and letting her hair down. Hehe! You've planted all sorts of images in my head with your idea. :P

Wicked is an excellent example, totally. Not just a book, but then a musical, too.

I have to admit, my mind went to Snape/Marianne because I can already picture it, because of Colonel Brandon. Honestly, I don't even think subbing in Snape for Brandon would change the story all that much. Which is kind of terrifying.

Actually, I have a friend whose mother has published Austen fanfiction. I hadn't even known that was possible until she'd brought it up, lol.

That's pretty cool! But yeah, there are A TON of published Austen fics, mostly P&P. They obviously sell.

This crossover could make Sense and Sensibility so much more interesting than it was in my English lecture last yearXD
I don't know if it's because English is just my second language, but I had really a hard time with that book.