Monday, March 7, 2016

Why?

Sometimes you read something, and you're not sure what just happened to you. It is forever burned in your mind, and no matter how many years pass, it will never leave you. You could be sitting on your deathbed, and it crosses your mind one last time, for old times sake.  That is how would describe my feelings toward Fanfiction Jesus and Hitler: A Romance.

Yes, this is a real thing that exists, and it just as disturbing as one would think. I will provide the link at the end for the full text, just incase you feel like reading it for whatever reason, but the summary goes like this; Hitler goes back in time, and ends up meeting Jesus, who will, according to the author will "change his life forever."

This is a weird fanfic, for multiple reasons, and is also very bad. Why the author is so worried someone will steal their ideas and feels the need to claim copyright over this work, I do not know.
Take this paragraph, lifted straight from the text:


Lets look at what makes this terrible, shall we? First of all, it's weird. Really, really weird. I think everyone who reads this fanfiction is going to be offended in one way or another, for multiple reasons that are totally legitimate. The scenario doesn't make any sense. The fact that a whole bunch of things happen in one tiny little paragraph leaves the reader scratching their head. It's also clearly not proofread, if you want to be super nit-picky about this Jesus/Hitler mash up.

I really don't know what possessed this author to write this self described epic romance, but it does go to show just what weird things you can find on the internet if you look hard enough. Anyone can post anything, and share their very strange stories. I also think it important to encourage people to post their writing online. It's good to get feedback, and hey, push comes to shove, your writing it probably better than Jesus and Hitler: A Romance.

(Link to the full text: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6130321/2/Jesus-and-Hitler-A-Romance)

1 comment:

  1. I cannot believe that this exists. Well, I asked!

    It is fascinatingly terrible. The gratuitous violence, the unintentional (this is where it differs a bit from the Harry Potter one) humor. This makes me, too, wonder about the motivation to write and share fanfiction. And is this technically fanfiction (fanfiction of the Bible? Of Mein Kampf?) Is the author sincere, or is this some strange parody?

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