but then I tend to try and forget anything I know of HP fanon in the first place and just work with what's in my head.
I see your point, too, and I agree canon should be the starting point. However, most people sadly have been in fandom for a long time, and I, personally, simply can't switch off what I know about fanon while reading. *shrug* I hung out at hp100 for a while (and still do, occasionally), and it always struck me how it was usually those drabbles that stuck closest to canon that hit me most -- simply because I'm not expecting it anymore. People are wont to write sickly-sweet, angsty Remus/Sirius, for example, or Snape/Harry, for that matter, and when someone just happens not to, it hits me right where I live, because it hurts, but in a good way. So, er, yeah. Tangents. *ahem* ;-)
I, personally, simply can't switch off what I know about fanon while reading.
And I think I should perhaps think about that more when making editing choices, because I think a lot of people are influenced by fanon, and forgetting that will change the reaction I get from my audience, I think.
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I see your point, too, and I agree canon should be the starting point. However, most people sadly have been in fandom for a long time, and I, personally, simply can't switch off what I know about fanon while reading. *shrug* I hung out at
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And I think I should perhaps think about that more when making editing choices, because I think a lot of people are influenced by fanon, and forgetting that will change the reaction I get from my audience, I think.