On being an OFC

[sqbr]

I was thinking about real person fic and it's associated ethical boundaries, and it suddenly struck me: I've been in RPF.

Back when I was in second year the then fresher Raven wrote a story called "Death Becomes Unisfa" which was a rambling disjointed description of everyone in unisfa dying in various wacky and unlikely ways (As I recall I dropped a giant turtle on someone's head. col_ki maybe?) Everyone read it and I don't remember anyone being very offended on principle, though I think some didn't like the particulars (I mean, a giant turtle? Is that really me?)

I realise that being described as a crazed Terry Pratchett obsessed murderer is not actually the sort of thing people tend to find objectionable in RPF, but it's still an amusing thought.

EDIT: Yeah, yeah, OFC is the wrong term, I couldn't think of a better title. Also, having been reminded of other similar stories, I think it make s abig difference what the intent is behind the story. If you're deliberately setting out to offend people then you probably will...

Comments

[pooxs.livejournal.com]

davyd wrote one which was pretty offensive, though perhaps only to me as I believe that was the reason he wrote it.

Sophia (no idea last name, went out with maelkann for a bit) wrote one in her fresher year which pissed a few people off too.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Sophia's story was incredibly offensive to me as it suggested that I would be sexually involved with people who I find horrendeously ugly and a general waste of oxygen.

Raven's story had me drowning in the ocean after falling off a Greenpeace boat trying to save whale :P

And of course there was that slash story that Coman wrote... but it wasn't about me *phew*!

[alias_sqbr]

I forgot about those ones, since they weren't about me :) But yes, writing a deliberately offensive story in order to creep someone out is quite different to an affectionate flight of fancy with your friends and aquaintances as characters.