However, I want to clarify to The Powers That Be that I am in no way trying to post "fan fiction" on this site; occasionally, I do find a scene in an episode that strikes my fancy enough that I want to comment on it by writing a parody--it is, at times, my chosen form of expression--nothing more, nothing less... 
What might be bothering you about my comments, which btw were never an attempt to make you feel that I was coming down on you, appears to be a misconception that a parody or scene isn't fanfic. I'm not trying to argue or get the last word-- my interest now is only to clear that up for you or anyone else that may be confused on this point, and I'm including outside links so that you don't think this is merely personal opinion.
The definition of fan fiction varies-- ask 10 people or check 10 sources and you'll get 10 different answers-- but the commonalities you'll find are that it's an original work by fans that's based on a show, movie, book, or video game, using characters (and anything else borrowed) that were created by someone else. Fanfic is not, however, limited to prose. OutsidetheLines' Guide to Fan Fiction Writing
http://outsidetl.tripod.com/guide.html says, "Fan Fiction is not limited to pen & paper, [and] it isn't limited to stories either. Just as there is so many ways to write there is many types of writing." At the same site, it's stated that fanfic can be a very short story, an epic, can be posted 1 or 2 chapters at a time or be a series in the making, and it can be a poem, a love song, an opera, a ballet, a rock classic.
From an FF FAQ at
http://www.loony-archivist.com/ptcarchive/faql.html"What is fan fiction?
Fan Fiction is fiction based on a television series, written by fans. Fanfic-- by and large-- is not scripts but prose. While some have chosen to write their fanfic in teleplay form, those are few and far between. Pieces range in length from vignettes to short stories to full blown novels. There has been fanfic in media fandom for decades ... circulated through the post, and more commonly in "fanzines"-- not-for-profit anthologies of short stories, poems, novellas, and novels usually accompanied by fan artwork, published by fans and sold through the post at at conventions..."
I'm only a moderator, and not the only one, and my role is to enforce the guidelines. But just as I make allowances for role playing as long as it's not ongoing, I enforce the no fanfic rule loosely in that I don't mess with short works including original prose, scenes, poems, songs, etc., and my reasons are that they're fun, they inspire discussion, and I can take on reading them, which brings us to the purpose for the no fanfic rule-- I can't possibly donate the time required to moderate longer works; the rule against fan fic will be removed from the guidelines when I have a lot more help. This has been a general discussion forum since the original incarnation of these boards in 1998, and since then we (MB, Dom, and I) have insured that anything posted on the forums doesn't violate any other poster's rights (and please don't think that ff isn't capable of doing that), and therefore everything posted on these boards gets read by a moderator in a timely fashion. Links to ff, however, are different, as we're not able to read it in a timely manner and therefore only check to see if the links are correct, but it's always been our policy that the content of links is the responsibility of the outside site's webmaster anyway.
In the past, short scenes or prose have been removed when they become multiple parts, but after an incident several years ago in which a poster was quite upset to find his work deleted from the board and returned with a polite explanation, I've found that it's best to communicate up front rather than wait until someone has done the work and then gets a shock upon learning it has been removed. I also communicate my policy about ff from time to time because I do receive messages inquiring why one work was allowed to remain on the board but not another.
All I was trying to do in this thread was communicate that policy to you, and it's not my intention to discourage you from writing and posting more parodies. I apologize for being so long winded today-- I'm usually not, and I'm sorry if you were upset by any of my comments. Thanks.
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