Angelica Aisling answers “Is this book going to be considered a...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Carry On (Simon Snow, #1):

Is this book going to be considered a fanfiction since the characters are, to the extent of my knowledge, based off Harry, Ron, and Hermione from the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?

Angelica Aisling The connections to Harry Potter, while obvious, turn out to be vague and limited. The similarities are limited to some of the most basic aspects of th…moreThe connections to Harry Potter, while obvious, turn out to be vague and limited. The similarities are limited to some of the most basic aspects of the story (the setting and a few of the character personalities), and could easily be chalked up to standard storytelling tropes (i.e., the "chosen one," the "scholar," the "antihero[1]," the "beautiful one," etc.), more than an actual relation to the Potter universe. The story is its own thing, in its own right, and is not intended to be some kind of Potter fanfiction thing. In Rainbow Rowell's afterword, she says she wanted to do her own take on the "chosen one" storyline, and she takes it in a completely different direction than the Potter series did.

[1] before anyone tries to correct my word choice, I don't mean villain, I mean antihero - as in, someone you're meant to despise, but you can't help but sympathize with - not as in "anti-hero."(less)

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