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Not sure why my post went through twice; please disregard the second one.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]

Of course; Vergil wrote the Aeneid long before the Internet existed.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]

Of course; Vergil wrote the Aeneid long before the Internet existed.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]

Interestingly enough Neil Gaiman and Stephen King have written fanfiction in the past, the concept of fanfics existed before the internet was even invented.
Matthew
"Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!"-Puck

Todd & Masterdramon> At the point of profitable publication, I think it tends to be called pastiche rather than fanfiction.
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!

Todd: I'd certainly say it is.

The only real difference is that you can make money off of public-domain fanfic.

Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Come on. Just say yes." - Jasper

I wonder if it counts as fanfic if it's based on a story in the public domain (as both Homer and Shakespeare are).
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders

Well, the Aeneid was pretty much Homer fanfic, wasn't it?
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]

TODD> It just amuses and emboldens my faith in humanity that 19th century Shakespearean fanfic exists. God bless 'em.
Algernon84
"Tak does not require us to think of Him, only that we think." ~Grag Bashfull Bashfullson

A couple of Shakespearean tidbits, one which has something (loosely) to do with "Gargoyles", the other which doesn't but which I think is still kind of neat.

1. A few years ago, they aired a program called "The Hollow Crown" that adapted Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays ("Richard II", "Henry IV" Parts One and Two - the ones featuring Falstaff and his gang, and "Henry V") into a historical drama - and a good one, too. (PBS aired it on "Great Performances".) Now they've come out with the sequel that I had hoped they'd make but hadn't seriously expected - an adaptation of the first tetralogy (the "Henry VI" plays and "Richard III"). I don't know when it'll air on PBS, but it's supposed to come out on DVD later this month, and should be worth watching. (They're apparently compressing the first two "Henry VI" plays into a single play - probably to play down Shakespeare's unflattering depiction of Joan of Arc - the one that inspired me to imagine Joan in the Gargoyles Universe being an unwitting pawn of Demona.)

2. In the 19th century, a woman named Mary Cowden Clarke wrote "The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines", a set of what you might call Shakespeare fanfic prequels for many of the major female characters in Shakespeare's works. One of them was Lady Macbeth; Clarke's story of her youth (from her birth up to her learning about her husband's encounter with the Weird Sisters) called her "Gruoch" (as per history and "City of Stone"), and also had her being keen on the story claiming that Finella (her name spelled "Fenella" here) killed Kenneth II (a tale found in the Scottish chronicles - which, in "Gargoyles", was presented as Constantine's cover-up tale framing her for the murder). No mention of Gillecomgain or Lulach, though.

Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders

1+3*(4+5)^0.5
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]

Asgard, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Midgard, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Nidavellir, Niflheim and Muspellheim.
Yggdrasil

Battleship, Racecar, Shoe, Thimble, Top Hat, Scottie-Dog, Wheelbarrow, & Cat . . .

AKA, EIGHTH!

Phoenician
"The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts" -- Willy Wonka

SEVEN young kids go to camp for the summer
Wind up livin' in the digital land.
Where everybody gets to meet his own Digi-monster
A digital companion, a digital friend.
A Digimon In-Training, will Digivolve to Rookie
And Digivolve to Champion and Ultimate too.
I'm gonna save the Digital World for me!
I'm gonna save the Digital World for you!

Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Come on. Just say yes." - Jasper

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." AKA the Sixth Amendment.
Matthew
"Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!"-Puck

Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, and Lethe.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders

Conquest, War, Famine & Death
Algernon84
"Tak does not require us to think of Him, only that we think." ~Grag Bashfull Bashfullson

I claim the only integer between e and pi.
Jurgan - [jurgan6 at yahoo dot com]

I'll second that.
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!

one(!st)First!
Vinnie - [tpeano29 at hotmail dot com]