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Fanfiction issue
Jun. 16th, 2007 11:55 amAll right. There are several fandoms where people are bona fide rich.
It is acceptable for you as the author to refer to their houses as mansions. It may even be acceptable for another character to refer to another character's home as "the mansion," but the people who live there don't.
They go home. They say, "want to come over to my house?" (I'll give a pass to the Luthers in the Smallville fandom, as a) they are fairly nouveau riche, and b) they live in a castle in Kansas. They can call it a castle.) It does not matter if the house in question has a couple of acres in Westchester County or if it seems to be a very large townhouse in Manhattan (the Petrellis in Heroes have both), it's their house or home.
The older the money the more likely the house is to be downplayed. Remember the people who lived here called it a cottage.
I feel better now.
It is acceptable for you as the author to refer to their houses as mansions. It may even be acceptable for another character to refer to another character's home as "the mansion," but the people who live there don't.
They go home. They say, "want to come over to my house?" (I'll give a pass to the Luthers in the Smallville fandom, as a) they are fairly nouveau riche, and b) they live in a castle in Kansas. They can call it a castle.) It does not matter if the house in question has a couple of acres in Westchester County or if it seems to be a very large townhouse in Manhattan (the Petrellis in Heroes have both), it's their house or home.
The older the money the more likely the house is to be downplayed. Remember the people who lived here called it a cottage.
I feel better now.
