Subject: Re: Unofficial sequels
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Posted on: 2010-01-27 05:51:00 UTC
I think the rule is that published works are the canon, even when not published by the original author or with the permission of the original author, and there's a similar exception for parodies.
There are a lot of unofficial sequels, essentially published fanfiction, running around, and most of them are positively assballs. I was wondering what the PPC's position on these is. Do we just grit our teeth and consider them canon to the original work? I should think (and hope!) not, but I can't think of anything that specifically excludes them, either.
Like, if you were on a Phantom of the Opera mission, would you have to take Frederick Forsyth's hideous sequel as part of the original canon? Please say no.
I think the rule is that published works are the canon, even when not published by the original author or with the permission of the original author, and there's a similar exception for parodies.
What I'm asking is not is the unofficial sequels are canon to themselves, because certainly they'd at least be their OWN continuum, but if they're canon to the ORIGINAL material.
Movieverse is usually accepted to be a separate canon from bookverse. In general, I'd say that applies here as well, especially if the sequels contradict the Canon. (For example, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is definitely not the same canon as P&P itself.)
And maybe I phrased things wrong; I already knew the PPC can't kill them. I wanted to know if they had to be considered when dealing with the original. Thanks again.
If the fic were explicitly set in Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, for instance, but the Phantom was running around in a white half-mask and spouting lines from the musical, then I think that would be a charge. HOWEVER, if it isn't specified, then you would just treat it as an AU and only worry about things that would break ANY version of PotO. Or if they simply don't make sense together, then maybe you could treat it like a bad crossover.
~Neshomeh, who is actually a fan of Susan Kay's Phantom and has been known to blend elements of that version with the original in RPs and such.
And therefor PPC agents do not deal with them. Unless they are sent into a badfic that uses this canon, and then we protect it to the best of our abilities.