Fan Fiction: Supernatural copyright as part of:
In These Words ... © copyright 2014 by Lillian Carrero
There are characters that sometimes draw our attention and cap-
ture our imagination in ways that we never expected. Perhaps it’s
the performance by the actor that took us by surprise? Perhaps it is
the wonderful way in which the character was written? Perhaps the
director was able to see everything all at once and bring it all together? Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...it doesn’t matter. First I
watched Denny and then I watched John and I haven’t stopped
watching.
I wrote my John Winchester story because I love watching the
work of Jeffery Dean Morgan, but mostly I loved the character he
performed.
This whole father/son thing alienates my gender just a tad. It’s not the Joy Luck Club, I loved that movie, but it was reminiscent of something familiar, something familial. Yes, the Winchester boys had their ofttimes surrogate father in Bobby, but I wanted the real deal. I wrote this story just shortly after the end of season four. There are no angels in my story; I didn’t actually like that storyline very much. Or at least I didn’t like that storyline at first. I can’t say that I actually ever did like the storyline, but the compensation, the perk if you will was Cass. Had I known that I was going to like the character so much I might have even included him in my story.
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| Jeffrey Dean Morgan as John |
This whole father/son thing alienates my gender just a tad. It’s not the Joy Luck Club, I loved that movie, but it was reminiscent of something familiar, something familial. Yes, the Winchester boys had their ofttimes surrogate father in Bobby, but I wanted the real deal. I wrote this story just shortly after the end of season four. There are no angels in my story; I didn’t actually like that storyline very much. Or at least I didn’t like that storyline at first. I can’t say that I actually ever did like the storyline, but the compensation, the perk if you will was Cass. Had I known that I was going to like the character so much I might have even included him in my story.
But my story really is a John Winchester story. Everyone else
plays a cameo.
Okay, I’m going to make a confession. I don’t actually require a confessional booth or a Catholic priest. My confession is for the ether. It turns out that despite what I may have believed I didn’t actually write a true Supernatural fan fiction. I had my daughter, my eldest read the story for feedback. It turns out that this particular story is too much me. Of course it has my narrative voice, but beyond that it integrates the Supernatural world with the world that I’ve created in my own original fiction. My world has too strong a presence in that story and according to my daughter it overshadows the other world; the world it should have resided in. Now ask me if I care. I do and I don’t. It’s hard to say.
Here’s the thing, as I happen to really like the original characters I created for this story I would be hard pressed to extradite the characters and create a truly Supernatural story. The other thing is that mostly when I write horror I seem to tend towards integrating sci-fi elements. It’s not just my personal belief that things that defy explanation may indeed have some scientific explanation; there is also a part of me that is way too fascinated by science fiction to let it go.
So, it’s still a John Winchester story, but elements of the story I’ve written are outside of the parameter established by Supernatural. The thing is that as things stand only a handful of people will ever read the story I’ve written (copyright issues and such) and so I really don’t see how it makes any difference whether the sci-fi components stay or not.
Author's note: Above was intended as opening for a "Supernatual" fan fiction featuring John Winchester - the Fan Fiction is currently unavailable.
Okay, I’m going to make a confession. I don’t actually require a confessional booth or a Catholic priest. My confession is for the ether. It turns out that despite what I may have believed I didn’t actually write a true Supernatural fan fiction. I had my daughter, my eldest read the story for feedback. It turns out that this particular story is too much me. Of course it has my narrative voice, but beyond that it integrates the Supernatural world with the world that I’ve created in my own original fiction. My world has too strong a presence in that story and according to my daughter it overshadows the other world; the world it should have resided in. Now ask me if I care. I do and I don’t. It’s hard to say.
Here’s the thing, as I happen to really like the original characters I created for this story I would be hard pressed to extradite the characters and create a truly Supernatural story. The other thing is that mostly when I write horror I seem to tend towards integrating sci-fi elements. It’s not just my personal belief that things that defy explanation may indeed have some scientific explanation; there is also a part of me that is way too fascinated by science fiction to let it go.
So, it’s still a John Winchester story, but elements of the story I’ve written are outside of the parameter established by Supernatural. The thing is that as things stand only a handful of people will ever read the story I’ve written (copyright issues and such) and so I really don’t see how it makes any difference whether the sci-fi components stay or not.
Author's note: Above was intended as opening for a "Supernatual" fan fiction featuring John Winchester - the Fan Fiction is currently unavailable.
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