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Yeah, exactly. Plus, what about all the other writers and creators who don't mind their works being written in fanfiction? There are plenty of them that find it flattering of the support because it means fans like it enough to explore further, not just with the fanfiction but the fanart and fanvideos and the like. I get that it can be a personal preference thing for some people, but hers is obviously of ignorance and until she's schooled herself into what fandom/fanfiction is all about she shouldn't be making such claims and accusations towards it because it's really offensive and insulting.

I hadn't really figured out what my problem was with the group of kids until I read your entry; they really didn't interact as a group, which weakened the story and weakened a lot of the impact of their deaths.

Yeah, I was expecting more interaction with them as a group since it was implied they were all friends and that's how it was in the original, but it just seemed like we focused on one character at a time (Katie was focused on a lot in the beginning until she died which I'm like, wow how that must have felt like "oh you're character will only be in the beginning of the film") so yeah, it definitely weakened the emotional impact with them. I was also expecting more of the parents involvement since they were the ones that burned Freddy and it's about their connection too, but I don't know.

I think my problem with the film was mainly the molestation being the prime story; they tried to make the molester = monster into a literal statement that it just ruined the viewing for me, I think. It's a great notion in theory to explore that esp with them defeating their monster and overcoming their nightmares, but it definitely works better in the metaphorical sense than outright literal. I wanted to like it, but the more I think about it the more I realize I just didn't like the story that well. The original had a better flow and better organized style of storytelling than this one did because there was more development of the characters and their involvement, not such much with a psychological backstory. Just a classic story about a nightmare creature out to get kids, and of course the main heroine using her brains to defeat said monster. I think that's what drew me into the original NOES and the rest of the sequels (sans the second one, actually, didn't really favor the second movie)