In a message dated 2/15/01 3:33:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, N.Faulkner@tesco.net writes:

<< Pulled one way, pushed the other, I find myself caught in the middle and thus have to resolve the tension by seizing control of B7 and turning it into the series I think it should have been.

Of course, a viewer might be attracted by some on-screen relationships that work in the way s/he appreciates, but repelled by others that are considered mishandled, and this too would generate the tension that generates fannishness. >>

Although I can understand how that might work for some, I don't normally find myself compelled to write fan fiction because I want to "fix" some aspect of a series I like. I find myself compelled to write fan fiction because I become so caught up in the characters and the show (or perhaps simply some aspect of the characters or the show) that I begin to have ideas for stories. If the ideas are compelling enough, I write stories. Although B7 had "cheap" special effects and I'm well aware of them (and have laughed at them many a time alone and in company), I have never once felt compelled to be fannish or to write fan fiction so that I could "fix" the bad special effects.

Annie