Notice-Me-Not is just a fanon thing? Noooo :-O

[birdsofshore]

I was just searching for info on the Notice-Me-Not charm, and there isn't any, because it's a FANON INVENTION. NOOO! Really? The first webpage I found where someone was asking about it, had some smartarse saying "I think you'll find that's just a sad FAN FICTION thing, you poor deluded fool", I was smirking away: "heh, that's what you think, I have seen it in LOADS OF.....er.... loads of fics. Err. Ahem."

Did you all know this? Who made it up? What other fanon things have become so widespread that they can fool us like this? I know about Tempus, but can you tell me any others?

Comments

[talithan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes, silencing charms are definitely used very differently in fanon, haha. It's so widespread that it doesn't bother me in fic, but I do appreciate when the characters have to figure out a private place to have sex/secret conversations and the chance of being overheard is a real inconvenience. Silencing charms are too easy, I want them to have to deal with these practicalities!

[hollys_tree]

Silencing charms are too easy, I want them to have to deal with these practicalities!

This. Sometimes it's nice to see that magic doesn't solve everything, and finding a quiet place to make out is part of the fun. :D