I think one of the great by-creations of the Internet has been the proliferation of fan fiction. It allows fans to pay homage to their favorite movies and books and TV shows by creating new versions of them. Porn versions of “Mary Tyler Moore.” Pirate versions of “Twilight.” Gay versions of “Harry Potter.”
My goofy friend Apollonia, the #1 Twilight fan in the world, subsists on fan fiction. After all, once you've read all four Twilight novels, and while you're waiting for the godlike Robert Pattinson to complete the movie cycle, what do you do? If you're Apollonia, you read fan fiction. “There's one,” she told me breathlessly, “where Edward has Bella trapped, and he just drains her a little bit at a time, and he's in love with her, but she's - “
I will not complete that sentence. Dis – gus – ting.
But I do understand.
I saw an entry on Tumblr.com recently about Harry Potter. I'm not the biggest Potterite in the world, but I respect J. K. immensely; I own all 300 pounds of her work, mostly in hard cover. She recently released a tease that seemed to indicate she was writing more wizard-related material, and then it turned out it was just some bits and pieces to be released on the Net.
And the world pants for more.
Anyway: so we know that Hogwarts was founded by four wizards, right? A long time ago, right? And there was conflict between the four of them, right?
This would be an awesome movie, right?
The Tumblr people even cast it! Rachel Weisz as Helga Hufflepuff, and Michael Fassbender (the handsome somber young Magneto in the most recent X-Men movie) as Salazar Slytherin . . .
To quote Gene Wilder in “Young Frankenstein”:
Are you listening, J. K.?
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