When I started the Media Musings blog – one of the first things that i wrote a couple of lines on was the number of TV shows that were being made on foreign formats. So we have an Indian Idol, a Crorepati, A Jassi, A Hum 2 Hain Na, A remix and so on. That particular entry was a couple of lines long on the Sony Show Ayushman based on Doogie Howser MD – the adventures of a 17 year old doctor. The post bemoaned the loss of creativity in Indian Television. IT has got 28 odd comments (odd being the key word) and rising. Fans looking for a website for the show, getting onto the blog – and leaving a message for Ayushman.

I kind of found this entire behaviour pattern rather strange. Going on to a website and leaving love notes for fictional characters seems like being out of touch with reality.

And, then last week I discovered a phenomenon called Fan Fiction which takes this entire obsession one step further.. It is what it sounds like. Fans writing fiction about revolving around their favourite characters from their favourite films, books and TV shows.

Wow

Someone, somewhere must tell them that these characters are fictitious!