Completly agree on both points!! Dukes of Hazzard is by far the best fandom i've ever written in, and I think its because the show has so many loop holes that makes it possible for those who only like to play with original characters the oppertunites to play with how the Dukes came about. For instance, we never knew how Bo and Luke actually got caught shine running if they were such good drivers, we never knew exactly who Jesse's wife was - Martha or Lavinia. We never knew exactly why Luke hit Bo round the head with a baseball bat when they were kids, how LAvinia's passing affected them, how Luke came to join the Marines and exactly what he did and what he went through, how they each decided to leave the farm to follow their futures. Equally, their futures with families are left completly open ended. Not everything is completly sewn together in Dukes and that's what makes fan fiction in that fandom possible. No one can pick your story apart for being factually wrong because there are hardly any guidelines to go by. I respect most fan fic writers on this site greatly and its interesting to read what other people think would happen or have happened to our beloved characters. Thanks for starting this thread Pen Dragon, there's been loads of negative comments flung around about fan fic and round robins here, but very few that actually celebrated the work and pride that goes into some of these stories for all involved which is a sad thing. Fan Fic writers of Hazzardnet, I salute you!