ADMIN POST: The Mission Report Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Okay, this comes from an idea by nudaydreamer and it's like, three--three!--cool challenges in one! As she puts it:

I'd love to see a Mission Report Challenge. We all know some crazy shit happens on those other worlds, and authors could choose to a) write a (pornalicious?) Report That Will Never Actually Be Filed Because Elizabeth Would Freak Out And Such, b) write a euphemistically suggestive report that leaves those of us with dirty minds quite clear on what happened, without being explicit, or possibly c) take another author's story and write a report of type a or b for it.

Everybody got that? See, it's kind of a Document Challenge and it's kind of a Remix and it's kind of Classified and Porny--or not; it's a festival, really. Now to clarify about option c)--if you choose to write a mission report of somebody else's story, we'll ask you to credit them, but we won't require you to ask their permission Edited to add: and get their permission, or check the links below. HOWEVER, if you want to opt OUT of option c)--i.e. tell people that they can't write a mission report of your story or stories, even with credit--please leave a comment in this post ASAP. Edited to add: link to new opt-out post below! We WILL ask challenge respondents to check before posting that the writer hasn't opted out of the challenge. Edited to add: Merryish reminds me to say that it is, of course, perfectly acceptable to write a mission report on one of your own stories!

It's August 21st; stories will be due on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day, at midnight.


Edited to add: Freezing comments here: click here for a policy clarification, opt-in, and opt-out posts are above.

Comments

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[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

You're missing the point. Anyone can read into a story what they'd like. Posting a sequel or a remix version of it is different.

No, I don't think I'm missing the point. Someone could take my darkest, creepiest, saddest story and write a "mission report" that represents it as light, fluffy, silly, and featuring a pairing I find loathsome. That doesn't change my story one bit. It's still there. The words haven't changed one iota. No one's forcing a meaning on the story, and if they already took that meaning from the story, then whether they write it down and post it or not doesn't change a thing.

I find this position particularly baffling in that 95% of fanfic is nothing but reenvisioning someone else's work. And, no, they didn't give you permission, especially not to turn their space adventurer show into a Big Gay Romantic Comedy. I can't possibly claim more rights in my vision of John than I grant to the people who actually came up with him.

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[(Anonymous)]

How is their concern differnt from companies that are known to send cease adn desist letters to fanficcers?

Yeah, someone could turn a creppy story into a happy fluffy report. yeah, original story still htere - but doens't that change teh perception of the orignal story, especially if someone hadn't read it before and thinks 'cool, i need a happy fic, i'll read the original' only to find out its not as advertized, 'cause the original author killed off almost everyone and marryed Elizabeth to Kolya?

hell, since sg-1 on friday made freaking mention of the Big Gay jack/daniel lurve, they practically gave us permission to wrte it.

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[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

but doens't that change teh perception of the orignal story

If my story can't stand on its own, the problem is mine, not anyone else's. I'd find it more humorous than anything else if I suddenly acquired a reputation as a shiny happy McShep shipper.

only to find out its not as advertized,

I imagine they'll manage to keep on living somehow!

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[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

How is their concern differnt from companies that are known to send cease adn desist letters to fanficcers?

They don't make money of fanfic. At least, I hope not. ;)