I have written sex scenes. Lots of them, in novels that are still in print. Do people wonder if I do the things my characters do? Those few readers who actually give me a thought might, sure. My husband has asked me, on occasion, if I've been wanting to try something a character has done. (The answer is 'no'.)
You can no more forbid curiosity than you can forbid people thinking about the characters you've given life to. Once they've read the book, the characters belong to them, too, and will go off in their own direction. I have no problem with fanfic that involves my characters -- though I don't read it, for legal reasons. If somebody slashed my non-gay male characters and I knew about it, would I be upset? Heck no. I'd be curious, how they got to that place, but not upset. If they went out and sold the story and made a lot of money off my characters? That would be going over the line. At least it would be as long as I still own the copyright.
TNH said: you can't stop them writing it; I'm wondering why anybody would try to.
There's a lot of stuff out there in the blogosphere about fanfic and whether or not it's a good thing. Really, though, that's a moot question. Write a good story with strong characters who bring in a big enough audience, and fanfic will happen. It's a compliment of the highest order, though I absolutely agree with the commenter who said that an author shouldn't read fanfic about his or her own characters.
And, thanks for the links.
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